“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon Condition is consistent with age

Condition is consistent with age

Beautiful antique mother of pearl and abalone shell box

This piece was acquired in Paris

Very good antique condition with light

“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon Condition is consistent with ageA struck bronze art medal depicting the allegory of Music as a robed maiden in profile, cradling a classical lyre against a palm frond, inscribed LA MUSIQUE and signed A. Rivet in the field. Adolphe Rivet (b. Prigueux, 1855) was a Paris Mint medalist, and this same model is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A beautifully modeled Belle poque bronze with a warm honey patina the kind of small sculptural object that reads instantly