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Antonio da Correggio
c. 1490/94-1534 Ital/-High Renaissance
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Brief Biography-Antonio de Allegri named himself Correggio after his place of birth. Vasari's accounts of his early life being in poverty are said to be inaccurate. Francesco Bianchi from Ferrara in Northern Italy possibly trained him, and he worked mainly out of Parma. Mantegna principally influenced his style, and Leonardo da Vinci inspired his work.
Correggio was the first to become noted for the art of foreshortening figures and exquisite colouring, particularly evident in his work in the famous dome in the cathedral at Parma. He received the commission in 1522. In addition, Correggio painted many altarpieces in Correggio while undertaking commissions in Parma. He painted oils while working on frescoes, most notably La Notte or The Holy Night, commissioned by Alberto Pratoneri of Reggio, now in the Dresden gallery. Later, he painted several mythological works such as Leda and the Swan, Danaƫ, and Jupiter and Lo.
Correggio became the most esteemed artist in Italy of his time. Julio Romano stated his paintings were superior to anything he had yet beheld.
Some reports set his death at 1513; Vasari did not say a date, only that Correggio died around sixty. However, scholars generally accept that he died on the 5th of March 1534. |
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Christ

David

Four Saints

Holy Night

A Gentlewoman

Adoration of Maji

Madonna

Jesus and Mary

Allegory of Vices

Allegory of Virtues

Maria Maddalena

Deposition

Jupitor and Lo

Madonna with John

Portrait of a Man

Martyrdom

Nativity

Ganymede

Prayer

Mercy

Ecce Homo

Mystical Marriage

A Scholar

Young Woman

Leda and the Swan

Man who Escapes

Rest on Flight

Saint Catherine

San Girolamo

The Adoration

Mystic Marriage

Venus and Cupid

Frescoe in Parma

Frescoe in Parma
