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Besançon [25] Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology

Besançon [25] Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology

What strikes you first upon entering the museum is the singular architecture, an amalgam of a grain hall built in the 19th century and a raw concrete structure in the style of a "museum of unlimited growth," a concept invented by Le Corbusier. The two architectures interact, as do the archaeology and fine arts collections.

As part of the French and international cultural landscape, France's oldest public collection, born in 1694, boasts a wealth of collections. In addition to the international reputation of its graphic art collection (more than 6000 drawings), it has an important local, Mediterranean and Egyptian archaeological heritage, numerous sculptures, ceramics, pieces of silverware and an exceptional collection of paintings representative of the main currents in the history of Western art from the end of the 15th to the 20th century.

Let yourself be surprised by the Besançon Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology, one of the most atypical museums in France.

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Dépôt de fondation

Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Pyxis containing eight Augustus aurei and three gold rings, all held together by a cord. Interpreted as a foundation deposit.

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Bague à intaille

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Small goldaque with carnelian intaglio representing a lyre whose body is formed by a dog lying down and the 2 arms by two dolphins

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Lampe à huile zoomorphe

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Oil lamp in the shape of a peacock, the filling of the reverser was made at the level of the tail of the animal, the wick had to leave under the head of the animal. The animal is mounted on a hollow coil base. The chest of the animal and the crest are decorated with blue glass pellets.

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Mosaique "à la méduse"

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

The mosaic called "Medusa" rectangular shape, preserved on a surface of 57m ² (in a room estimated at 65m ² originally), comes from the domus of the College Lumiere. It was discovered during the excavations prior to the remodeling of the Collège Louis Lumière, directed by Claudine Munier (Inrap) in 2004.it is a mosaic with multiple decorations whose ornamental organization is particularly complex: a series of geometric boxes that form borders and successive extensions frame a central medallion according to a completely original model. At the heart of the central panel (emblema) appears a prophylactic theme very common on the pavements of mosaics: a head of Medusa (gorgoneion) placed in the center of a shield-egid. In the two spandrels are a sea monster (ketos) pursuing a dolphin and a double winged caduceus, all around the emblema alternate geometric patterns separated by braids.

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Intaille

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Nicolo intaglio representing the young beardless Hercules with the club and the Nemean lion skin

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Sépulture

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Gallic burial site with the deceased buried in a pit and covered with oak shingles that could reach 3 mm thick and 80 cm long.

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Fragment de bracelet

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Fragment of a blue glass bracelet with a large bead molded with two white zig zags.

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Perle

Green glass bead

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Jeton

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Bone token with concentric circles decoration

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Jeton

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Bone token with concentric circles decoration

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Jeton

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone token with concentric circles decoration

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Jeton

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone token with concentric circles decoration

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Jeton

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone token with concentric circles decoration

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Tabletterie

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

A batch of three bone chip cuttings.

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Rouelle

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

8-spoke wheel, 2 broken and missing; pierced hub

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Moule à rouelle

2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Limestone rouelle mold with a 4-ray rouelle print and a nodosed rouelle print

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Vénus dans un édicule

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Nude Venus represented in a small aedicule almost complete, the pediment of the upper part of the aedicule is perhaps missing. The reverse is not worked. The aedicula is composed of a niche with a radiated conch resting on two fluted pilasters set back from two larger ones decorated with S's and dots. These are surmounted by capitals made of superimposed rows of palmettes that support the frieze of the pediment. Naked Venus, standing, holding a lock of hair in her right hand and in her left hand, under her breast, an apple. Traces of yellow ochre, manganese and red ochre on the surface.

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Autel domestique

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Miniature domestic altar

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Pied de coffret

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Foot of a quadrangular box, on the front side a recessed panel with vgétal decoration: acanthus leaf at the base then wavy stem from which are born a flower in chalice, a circular flower with radiating petals and a poppy head. The foot of the pillar is carved in the shape of a fawn's paw with well-detailed claws. On one of the sides and on the back, slots have been made to fit the sides and the bottom.

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Cuillère

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Cochlear with finely fluted handle, spoon decorated on the inside with several concentric circles (cupule) and on the outside with two converging lines underlining the junction with the handle.

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Manche de couteau

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone plate used as a knife handle trim; ocelli decoration, one nail preserved

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Sigillée réparée au plomb

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Four fragments of a sigillated ceramic bowl from the south of Gaul whose shards are "glued": the fourth is fixed to the others with a lead blade passing through two holes. It is a repair of ancient times.

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Lampe à huile phallique

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Oil lamp in the shape of a phallus. A suspension ring is located on the top of the lamp, near the filling hole.

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Lampe à huile

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Oil lamp in grey burnt terracotta of circular shape with a slight protrusion for the spout; the disc is slightly overcreased and provided with a vent hole in the center.

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Embout de canne ?

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

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Mélageurs

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

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Pince à épiler

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Tweezers

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Epingle

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone pin whose head represents a hand; broken and missing shaft

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Aiguille à chas

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Complete eye needle

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Fusaïole

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Fragmentary earthenware fusaiole with large degreasing, flattened shape, with central depression on each side.

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Déchets de verrerie

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

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Toupie ou fusaïole ?

Early Imperial [27 / 235]

White terracotta object of biconical shape, pierced and hollow inside : spinning top or spindle.

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Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone die.

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Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Bone die.

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Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Bone die.

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Perles

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Three blue frit beads with melon ribs.

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Fibule

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

fibula, type Feugère 23c1, in tinned copper alloy with punctuation decoration

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Fibule

Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Zoomorphic fibula with protected spring; the bow is in the shape of a lion, one of whose inlaid eyes has retained a dark (glass?) bead.

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Fibule

Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Silver fibula (?) with internal string spring, Feugère type b

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Fibule

Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Complete bare spring fibula with internal cord, type Feugère 3b1b

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Fibule

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

fibula with rectilinear arch decorated with moldings determining two longitudinal bands on which one observes a finely stamped decoration: broken line underlined towards the outside by a rectilinear guilloche obtained with the help of the same tool, type Feugère 14b1b

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Fibule

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Tinned copper alloy fibula with nielloed decoration of leaves arranged in chevrons. Part of the barb is missing, type Feugère 23c1

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