Jan 12, 2018
Salammbô chez Mathô, Je t'aime ! Je t'aime (Salammbo and Matho, I love you! I love you!), 1895. A small group; bronze, ivory, gold and turquoises by Théodore Rivière (1857-1912).
Musée d'Orsay,Paris.
"Ah! forgive me! I am a scoundrel, and viler than scorpions, than mire and dust! Just now while you were speaking your breath passed across my face, and I rejoiced like a dying man who drinks lying flat on the edge of a stream. Crush me, if only I feel your feet! curse me, if only I hear your voice! Do not go! have pity! I love you! I love you!"
Salammbô (1862) by Gustave Flaubert..
#Salammbô#salammbo#salambo#Mathô#matho#Théodore Rivière#art#sculpture#french art#french sculpture#orientalism#orientalist sculpture#1890s#chryselephantine#bronze#ivory#turquoise#group sculpture#salammbo chez matho#jet 'aime!je t'aime#salammbo and matho#i love you!i love you#19th century#literature#french literature#romantic literature#french romanticism#romanticism#orientalist literature#french orientalism