Editing Vaux-le-Vicomte (section)

===After Fouquet===
After Fouquet was arrested and imprisoned for life and his wife exiled, Vaux-le-Vicomte was placed under [[sequestration (law)|sequestration]]. The king seized, confiscated or purchased 120 tapestries, the statues and all the orange trees from Vaux-le-Vicomte. He then sent the team of artists (Le Vau, Le Nôtre and Le Brun) to design what would be a much larger project than Vaux-le-Vicomte, the palace and gardens of [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]].

Madame Fouquet recovered her property 10 years later and retired there with her eldest son. In 1705, after the death of her husband and son, she decided to put Vaux-le-Vicomte up for sale.<ref name="vaux-le-vicomte.com"/>