Garden, Potager du Roi (Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV) (1683)*

Artist/Designer: Jean-Baptiste La Quintinie

Project Location: Versailles, France

Figure 1: Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV. Source: Romain Quesada. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Carre Rouge. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Figure 2: Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV. Source: tomatechaumont, Le Potager du Roi. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Voyage au bout de la Tomate. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Figure 3: Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV. Source: Peggy, Le Potager du Roi. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Paris Paris. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Figure 4: Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV. Source: Eric Lefevre, Potager du Roi Versailles. 2008, Digital Image. Available from Covertress. ( Source | Accessed : January 13, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Classical

Primary Material(s):
Light

Function(s):
Garden, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Gardens Versailles Official Website | Accessed : March 21, 2018

Versailles National Geographic | Accessed : March 21, 2018

French Gardens | Accessed : March 21, 2018

Significant Date(s):
17th Century, 1683

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Baridon, Michael. A history of the gardens of Versailles. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Dubois, Jacques. Versailles, a garden in four seasons. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005.

Kemp, Gérald van der. Versailles: the Château, the Gardens, and Trianon: Complete Guide. New York: Vilo, 1981.

Lablaude, Pierre-André. The gardens of Versailles. Paris: Editions Scala, 2005.

Saule, Beatrix. Versailles gardens. New York: Vendome Press, 2002.

Thompson, Ian H. The Sun King's Garden: Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. London: Bloomsbury, 2006.

Building Address:
Bosquet de L'arc de Triomphe, Rue des Réservoirs, 78000 Versailles, France

Significant Dates:
1678-1683- Created.

Supporting Staff/Designers:
Antoine Jacobsohn- Current director of the garden.

Tags:
Versailles, gardens of versailles, gardens, landscape design, ecology, Kitchen Garden of King Louis XIV, Potager du roi

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