Centauress and Faun (French: Centauresse et Faune) is a bronze sculpture created by Augustin Courtet in 1849 as a model and subsequently cast by Parisian founder Quesnel in 1850. It is currently located in front of the Porte des Enfants du Rhône, the main entrance of the Parc de la Tête d'or in Lyon, France. The full-size artwork depicts a female centaur carrying a humanoid male faun away on her back. It also includes a variety of bacchic elements such as grapes and cups, as well as a small leopard. The sculpture is named, signed and dated on its base. The sculpture was exhibited twice at the Paris Salon, first as the plaster model, and then as the final bronze. This led to its assessment by art critics from various periodicals of the time. It generally garnered praise for its technical execution; however, the subject of the group proved controversial because of the then-unusual inversion of the motif involving a male centaur carrying away a nymph.