Milkmaid (Girl-with-a-pitcher) fountain, Tsarskoe Selo

The Milkmaid of Tsarskoye Selo (also known as Girl with a pitcher) (Russian: Девушка с кувшином; other names: Milkwoman, Tsarskoye Selo Statue, Peretta) is a fountain in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo in St. Petersburg (designed by Augustin Betancourt, sculpted by Pavel Sokolov). It is a monument of garden and park architecture and sculpture from the early 19th century, of both federal and international importance. It became known as Tsarskoye Selo Statue. The sculpture has become a poetic symbol of the Tsarskoye Selo gardens. According to Vsevolod Petrov, senior researcher of the Painting Department of the Russian Museum, the sculpture represents the pinnacle of Pavel Sokolov's work and is among the most beautiful achievements of Russian garden sculpture.

Contemporaries assumed that the source of the plot for the sculpture was La Fontaine's fable The Milkmaid, or the Jug of Milk. S…

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