 he spent four years (1676–80) refining his style at the French Academy in Rome, then returned to Paris to become a member of the team of the "Bâtiments du Roi" from 1681, providing sculpture for Versailles in the atelier of Jean-Baptiste Tuby, whose daughter he married.He was received as a full member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1682, presenting as his reception piece a bas-relief of "Sculpture consulting Painting over the portrait of Louis XIV", now at the Musée du Louvre, which reveals his concern for surface textures adapted from the dominant art, painting At Versailles he became closely associated in projects for fountains and emblematic decorative sculpture with Antoine Coysevox, notably in the "Escalier des princes", the "salon" opening onto it, and the "Salon de la Guerre".For Versailles he carved a vase on the theme "The Infant Mars", following a design from the office of Jules Hardouin-Mansart.