“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon An exquisite 19th-century French School

An exquisite 19th-century French School portrait rendered in pastel and conte on paper laid to canvas

This piece was acquired in Paris

Condition is consistent with age

The base is finished in rich gold

“La Musique” — Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Adolphe Rivet, French comings-soon An exquisite 19th-century French SchoolA 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