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Fontaine Lanfrey & Baud

Lanfrey & Baud Fountain

Lanfrey et Constant Baud (Lyon)
1857

Description

Fountain erected in 1857, during the Second Empire. It is painted in deep green and decorated with four winged putti emptying jars and lions' heads. On the top is a stone sculpture of a putto standing on a dolphain, and probably originally with a fish in his hands.

Lyon - Fontaine Lanfrey & Baud

It is the work of Lyon's artists-founders Lanfrey and Constant Baud and last one in a series of five built at the same time and which, thanks to their moves, have decorated a dozen squares in Lyon until 1946.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
Wikipedia, Place Antoine-Vollon.
Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Fontaines.

Locatie (N 45°45'20" - E 4°49'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra041; Photograph: 10 August 2018
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