THE worry CHRIST
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The history Of this remarkable work of art is
exceedingly interesting, and highly poetical. Mr..
G.. Edwards Lester, u. S. Consul at Genoa,
while passing one evening near the old Convent
Of st. Nicholas, in Genoa, perceived strange
looking monk of the order OF st. Nicholas, who
had, from an enormous piece of Ivory, supposed
to have been brought from the East in ancient
times and stored for ages in an old garret, con-
structed without any previous instructions in car
wing. this singularly chaste, elegant and astonsh-
ing work. The mass of ivory is of itself curl
osity, but touched by the chisel of the monk, it
has been made TO speak with astonishing fidelity
Of the crucifxon of our Saviour, the agony of the
cross, and the salvation of world. Mr. Lester
purchased this work from the monk who com
pleted 1t atthe Consulate in Genoa, and broughtit
% this conntry. In Italy, it took its place, at
once, at the head of all Sculpture in Ivory, and
must continue, while ii lasts, to be the master
piece Of modern times