French Gardeners at the Royal Court of Turin: Henri Duparc and Michel Benard ; Giardinieri di Francia alla corte di Torino: Henri Duparc e Michel Benard

The paper focuses on the careers of the two main gardeners at the Savoy court between 17th and 18th century, Henri Duparc (1655-1737) e Michel Benard (1735-1773) in the framework of the French gardeners working in the residences (or sending plans form Paris) from the middle of 17th century (Jacques Gelin, Alexandre Bellier, André Le Nôtre, Antoine du Marne). Duparc turned the complex of Venaria Reale into an updated French garden, fom 1700, Benard designed the most important court gardens in the 18th century, as Stupinigi (1740), Moncalieri (1761), Agliè (1765). The research has been carrie... Mehr ...