Tête d'Hercule

Lyon [69] - Musée Gadagne

© Pierre Aubert, musée d'histoire de Lyon - Gadagne

Tête d'Hercule
Tête d'Hercule
Fragment of a sculpture representing a bearded man wearing a lion's head, certainly Hercules.

Where to find it

Lyon [69] - Musée Gadagne
1 place du Petit Collège

69005 Lyon

Commune of discovery

Locality

Place des Terreaux

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1991

Chief Scientist

ARLAUD, Catherine

Inventory number

014.0.2.712

Scope

Art ➔ Sculpture

Materials

Terracotta

Chronological period

Modern period [1492 / 1789]

Dimensions

H. 8.6 cm, l. 5.3 cm, P. 3.7 cm,