The classical tradition in French architecture was never overwhelmed, however, and the reaction in favor of classicism began as early as the 1740s in the Académie, in the atelier of Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni and among the young pensionnaires at the French Academy in Rome.
When he acquired the ancient château de Condé in 1719, he commissioned the most fashionable artists of his time and the architect Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni for elaborate improvements.
Don Giovanni | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Niccolò Machiavelli | Giovanni Bellini | Niccolò Paganini | Giovanni Riggi | Giovanni Boccaccio | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Giovanni Battista Guarini | Giovanni | Giovanni Trapattoni | Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi | Giovanni Gabrieli | Giovanni Falcone | Villa San Giovanni | San Giovanni in Persiceto | Giovanni Verga | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Giovanni Tamagno | Giovanni Pacini | Giovanni Battista Pescetti | Giovanni Papini | Giovanni Hidalgo | Giovanni Domenico Cassini | Giovanni de' Medici | Giovanni Bottesini | Giovanni Battista Riccioli | Niccolò Jommelli | Giovanni Zenatello |
Its sumptuous 17th and 18th century interiors were created by the most prestigious artists (Watteau, Boucher, Oudry, Servandoni and others) at the behest of the Princes of Savoy and then the Marquis de la Faye.