In the time of Peter the Great's reforms regular gardens were decorated by sculptures on allegorical and mythological subjects. The images of Ceres and Bacchus are allegorical representations of summer and autumn.
The decorative sculptures of Ceres and Bacchus are modern copies of works by the Italian master Giovanni Antonio Cibei (1706-1784), the first president of the Carrara Academy of Arts. In the early 19th century the originals of these sculptures adorned a balcony of the Engineers'Castle in St Petersburg. Now they are kept in the Hermitage Museum.