Introduction to the Apollo Pool: The Apollo Pool was called the Swan Pool during the reign of Louis XIII. Louis XIV ordered it to be decorated with the great and famous gilded lead sculpture showing Apollo sitting in a chariot. , the sculpture was created by Tuby based on a sketch by Le Brun. This spectacular group sculpture was completed between 1668 and 1670 at the Goblin factory, after which it was transported to Versailles and placed there, where it was The sculpture was gilded the following year.