French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Rivere

A French Art Nouveau patinated bronze sculpture by Théodore Rivière, featuring two intricately-sculpted figures from the story of Carthage. The crown of the woman is accented with rubies, and has emerald eyes. Pictured in: Art Nouveau 1890-1914, V&A exhibit by Paul Greenhalgh, page 122, and: Nineteenth Century Sculpture by Maurice Rheims, p. 372 # 15, and: Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 229.