Year of construction:
1687
Design:
Johann Leonhard Bromig II.
Implementation:
Johann Leonhard Bromig II.
Location:
Depiction:
A sweeping, heavily profiled sandstone basin with a quatrefoil floor plan rises on a three-step staircase base.
In the center of the basin, a central pedestal with four dolphin heads supports another shell-shaped round basin.
In the middle of this basin, above intertwined fish tails, stands the kneeling statue of Triton, a lifelike, muscular male body.
She holds a bowl above her head with her arms bent, from which a fountain rises.
The water flows over the triton figure into the overflowing shell and runs over its edge into the fountain basin.
The fountain basin is additionally fed by the four water-spouting dolphin heads.
History:
The exact reason for the creation of the Triton Fountain is unclear. It was intended, at least, to beautify Maxplatz.
Originally, the Triton Fountain had two smaller side fountains, which were located at the western and eastern ends of Maxplatz.
These were round basins in the shape of seashells resting on simple round pedestals with metal grilles attached, each with a fountain and apparently without any decorative figures.
The whereabouts of these secondary fountains are unclear.
After suffering severe damage during the war in January 1945, the fountain was restored in 1953, with the Triton figure, which had been shattered into pieces, being replaced (reconstruction by sculptor Albert Feist).
Reference:
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Tritonbrunnen_(Nürnberg)