19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Théodore Rivière
L'éléphant d'Hamilcar (Elephant of Hamilcar)
Lot Closed
December 14, 01:52 PM GMT
Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Théodore Rivière
French
1857 - 1912
L'éléphant d'Hamilcar (Elephant of Hamilcar)
signed and dated: Théodore RIVIERE / Tunis 92, and inscribed: Epreuve pour Hayem (collector and patron of the artist, 1839-1902)
bronze, mid-brown patina, on a black stone base
32 by 28cm., 12 5/8 by 11in. overall
Hamilcar Barca was a Carthiginian statesman and general of the 3rd century B.C. He was responsible for gathering the primarily mercenary army which his son, Hannibal, would famously lead across the Alps during the Second Punic War.