Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The centerpiece of the fountain is a Carrara marble statue of 3.85 m/12½ feet, which represents the town of Lyon (coat of arms and mural crown). The statue is made by Bonnet, who took his wife as model.
The base is pentagonal with on the faces five lions-head filling five basins - symbolizing the five arrondissements of Lyon at the time. On the five cornes sit putti representing the different activities attractions of the city: Navigation, Force (or Industry), Commerce, History and Geography. The base is sculpted by Clauses.

The fontaine was raised by the inhabitants of the left bank of the Rhône river and by the city of Lyon to thank Napoleon III for having introduced the disappearance of the toll on the bridges of the Rhône.

Geography

History

Trade

Navigation

Force or Industrie

NB. Several websites write (all with exactly the same words) "Au dessus cinq enfants (ou putti) dus au ciseau du sculpteur Clauses..." - however, there is on internet no trace of a sculpteur of that name, not even the familyname seems to exist.

Inscription(s)

LA VILLE DE LYON ET LES HABITANTS DE LA RIVE GAUCHE DU FLEUVE ONT ELEVE CE MONUMENT

FONTAINE MORAND 1865 Antoine Desjardins 1814-1882 architecte Guillaume Bonnet 1820-1873 sculpteur monument restaure et inaugure le 31 janvier 2001

Sculptor

• Guillaume Bonnet (Saint-Germain-Laval 1820 - Lyon 1873), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
• Wikipedia, Fontaine de la Place du Maréchal-Lyautey.
• Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Fontaines.

Tags

Locatie (N 45°46'6" - E 4°50'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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