19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Théodore Rivière
Salammbô chez Matho (Matho kneeling before Salammbo)
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Théodore Rivière
French
1857 - 1912
Salammbô chez Matho (Matho kneeling before Salammbo)
signed: THEODORE RIVIERE, entitled: CARTHAGE, inscribed: Susse Fres Edteurs Paris. (cire perdue), and with the SUSSE FRERES EDITEUR PARIS pastille
bronze, gilt, dark brown and green patina
40cm., 15¾in.
The present bronze is a fine Susse cast of Rivière's celebrated model. There is a bronze and ivory version in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (inv. no. RF 2521). The subject is taken from Gustave Flaubert's exotic historical novel, Salammbô, published in 1862. It represents the Carthaginian priestess Salammbô retrieving her city's sacred veil, the Zaïmph, from her enemy Mathô, who is consumed with desire for her.
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