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An Italian carved ivory relief depicting the Glory of St Luigi Gonzaga, in ormolu frame**

AFTER PIERRE LEGROS, BY RINALDO RINALDI, ROME, CIRCA 1873

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An Italian carved ivory relief depicting the Glory of St Luigi Gonzaga, in ormolu frame**
After Pierre Legros, By Rinaldo Rinaldi, Rome, Circa 1873
Inscribed Rinaldi F, the finely-cast shaped ormolu frame surmounted by the Vatican arms and flanked by ribbon-tied floral pendants, the bottom with a plaque engraved PIUS NONUS/PONT. MAX/ANNO. XXVII
Overall: 12¼in. (31cm.) high; 6¾in. (17cm.) wide

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The marble altar relief depicting The Glory of St Luigi Gonzaga in the church of St Ignatius Loyola at Campus Martius, Rome, was executed by the French sculptor/painter, Pierre Legros (d. 1719) in 1698. The engraving on the base of the ormolu frame accompanying the present ivory relief refers to 1873, the twenty-seventh year of Pius IX's papacy and, incidentally, the same year in which Rinaldo Rinaldi died.

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