Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) Diana Victorious Bronze group Standing in contrapposto, a crossbow, a hunting horn, with a quiver of arrows at her side, her foot resting on a slaughtered boar; signed CARRIER-BELLEUSE resting on a cherry red marble base; with a brass cartouche inscribed DIANA VICTORIEUSE / CARRIER BELLEUSE H. (total): 79 cm (31 in.) H. (bronze) : 67 cm (26 ½ in.) D. (base) : 31,5 cm (12 ½ in.) Comparative bibliography: 'Carrier-Belleuse, Le maître de Rodin', cat. exp., Musée de Compiègne, 22 May - 27 October 2014, no. 22, pp. 44-45. A bronze group depicting Diana Victorious, by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) Diana Victorious is Carrier-Belleuse's last work and represents the culmination of his art. First presented in plaster at the Salon of 1885, a marble version of the same subject was then exhibited at the Salon of 1887, the year of the sculptor's death, before the bronze version was exhibited in 1888.