Thomas Gobert (architect)
He built the water supply network for the "lower gravity ponds" from Trappes, Arcy and Saclay to supply water to the park of the Château de Versailles between 1678 and 1680.[1] He also made a bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV, preserved in the Louvre.[2] He was also involved in the construction of the collégiale Notre-Dame de Vitry-le-François [fr], in which he realized the southern chapels and the nave.For the latter, vaulted, high and bright, he showed architectural audacity by removing the third pillar to replace it with an arch in the form of an anse de panier [fr], a rare, even unique, configuration in France.[3][4] In 1699, Louis XIV appointed him a member of the Académie royale d'architecture, one of the seven first-class academicians.