Salammbo and Mato. I love you!
Salammbo and Mato. I love you!
France, Paris
Early 20th century
Toulouse Theodore Riviere, Susse Fres Edition Paris bronze foundry
Ivory, bronze, gray granite (pedestal); carving, casting, patination, gilding
Height 33 cm
Signature “THEODORE-RIVIERE”, “CARTHAGE”; mark of the foundry plant Susse Fes Edts. Paris, circular stamp imprint Susse Frères, the Bronze Factories stamp imprint
The composition features the characters from the novel “Salammbô” by Gustave Flaubert.
Maiden Salammbo and young man Mate, the scene is laid in Carthage
in the 3rd century BC.
Инв.3294MC1185/ИЗО