Tritons sculpture by Ivan Prokofyev, shooting water out of their horns down the Grand Cascade of Peterhof.

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The Grand Cascade suffered the greatest damage during World War II. All the decorative details and the four major sculptures - Tritons and The Volkhov River by Ivan Prokofyev, The Neva River by Feodosy Shchedrin and Samson by Mikhail Kozlovsky - which had not been evacuated because of the lack of time were lost. The reconstructed fountains of Peterhof became open to visitors on 25 August 1946. The entire restoration of the fountains and of the sculptural decor of the cascade was completed in 1950.

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Size: 3413px × 5119px
Location: Peterhof/Petrodvoret Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
Photo credit: © Bill Heinsohn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bronze, gilded, golden, horns, male, men, mythology, peterhof, petrodvoret, pool, restoration, sculpture, statue, tritons, trumpets, water, water-jet