Bassin d'Apollon

Charles Le Brun designed the centerpiece depicting the Greek god Apollo rising from the sea in a four-horse chariot.

When King Louis XIV had it enlarged in 1671, the pond's east–west orientation and the common association of the King with Apollo prompted Le Brun to suggest dedicating the site to Apollo.

The dawn theme was popular at the time and appears on some painted ceilings in European palaces.

In 2014, a full-scale marble replica was installed at the Chimei Museum Tainan, Taiwan.

The museum commissioned the French artist Gills Perrault in 2008 to reproduce the Fountain.