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Médaillons et figures allégoriques

Medallions and allegorical figures

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
1852

Lyon / Médaillons et figures allégoriques

Description

Pediment with a relief showing a bust flanked by two allegorical figures, to the left with a cornucopia, to the right with a lamp. The façades further show five (originally six) medaillons with reliefs.

The Pavillon OnlyLyon was originally a restaurant, 'La gargote du pè re Lathuille', later named 'La Maison Dorée' (until 1968), and is built by the architect Tony Desjardins in 1856.

Lyon - Médaillons et figures allégoriques

The medaillons represent probably:

Lyon - Médaillons et figures allégoriques
Fishing
Hunting
Winter

Autumn
empty (Summer?)
Spring

Sculptor

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (Aix-en-Provence 1812 - Lyon 1886), French sculptor (Wikipedia – Musée du Diocèse de Lyon).

Sources & Information

Only Lyon, Les Pavillons de la Place Bellecour.
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Groupe de motocyclistes devant le restaurant "La Maison Dorée".

Locatie (N 45°45'27" - E 4°49'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra036; Photograph: 10 August 2018
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