Neptune Fountain, Peterhof

In the central basin of the Upper Garden of Peterhof, a bronze figure of Neptune with a crown on his head and a trident in his hand rises on a granite pedestal. Around the pedestal are riders on sea horses, as well as tritons on winged dragons and dolphins, blowing into shells. The pedestal is decorated with four spouting mascarons, and jets of water spout from the mouths and nostrils of the horses, dolphins, and other figures, cast after the models of B. K. Rastrelli. In the 1730s, the composition was supplemented with a gilded lead "Chariot of Neptune" and a cascade on the southern side with the statue "Winter."