[2343] Naiad Fountains, Schloss Schönbrunn, Wien

Schloss Schönbrunn, Wien, Österreich

 

Naiad Fountains

 

Both groups of Naiads (spirits of springs and rivers who belonged to the sea-god Neptune’s followers) were created by Wilhelm Beyer. In the pool on the western side of the park, which was sited in the Great Parterre until 1772, the Naiad plays with a sea creature, while her counterpart on the eastern side frolics with a water bird. Ranged around the perimeter of each rondeau stand eight large Neoclassical marble vases on tall plinths executed by Johann Baptist Hagenauer.

 

Ref: www.schoenbrunn.at/en/about-schoenbrunn/gardens/tour-thro...

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