Lombard ceroplast, late 18th century, the Marriage of the Virgin, polychrome wax relief Lombard ceroplast, late 18th century THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN polychrome wax relief, 53.3x40.6 cm Provenance Mr. Raoul Torentino, American Art Galleries sale, New York, 21-27 April 1920, lot 873; Private collection The relief faithfully depicts the famous painting The Marriage of the Virgin by Raphael, now in the Brera Art Gallery (Milan), surrounded by a neo-classical frame very similar to Bonzanigo's work, but different from the one executed for the painting by Giocondo Albertolli in the early 19th century, possibly inspired by the one previously present, surrounded by profiles of the most important philosophers (including Socrates, Seneca, Heraclitus and Aristotle) and centred by an eagle with spread wings between two winged figures offering laurel wreaths.