Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was an

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who was the foremost painter of the

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school of the

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, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the

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art of the seventeenth century and the

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art of the eighteenth century. He is considered a master of

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Early life

Antonio Allegri was born in

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, who was responsible for som ...

, a small town near

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. His date of birth is uncertain (around 1489). His father was a merchant. Otherwise little is known about Correggio's early life or training. It is, however, often assumed that he had his first artistic education from his father's brother, the painter Lorenzo Allegri. In 1503–1505, he was apprenticed to Francesco Bianchi Ferrara in

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, where he probably became familiar with the classicism of artists like

Lorenzo Costa Lorenzo Costa (1460 – 5 March 1535) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by his early twenties, and was probably influenced by the Bolognese school, Bolognese School. However, many artists worked in ...

and Francesco Francia, evidence of which can be found in his first works. After a trip to

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in 1506, he returned to Correggio, where he stayed until 1510. To this period is assigned the ''Adoration of the Child with St. Elizabeth and John'', which shows clear influences from Costa and Mantegna. In 1514, he probably finished three tondos for the entrance of the church of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, and then returned to Correggio, where, as an independent and increasingly renowned artist, he signed a contract for the Madonna altarpiece in the local monastery of St. Francis (now in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie). One of his sons,

Pomponio Allegri Pomponio Allegri (1521 – ) was an Italian painter, the son of Correggio. Life Pomponio was the son of Antonio Allegri da Correggio, and studied the first rudiments of art under his father before Correggio's death when he was thirteen years of ...

, became an undistinguished painter. Both father and son occasionally referred to themselves using the Latinized form of the family name, Laeti.

Works in Parma

Correggio - The Holy Night - Google Art Project

By 1516, Correggio was in Parma, where he spent most of the remainder of his career. Here, he befriended Michelangelo Anselmi, a prominent

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painter. In 1519 he married Girolama Francesca di Braghetis, also of Correggio, who died in 1529. From this period are the ''Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John'', ''Christ Leaving His Mother'' and the lost ''Madonna of Albinea''. Correggio's first major commission (February–September 1519) was the ceiling decoration of a private chamber of the mother-superior (abbess Giovanna Piacenza) of the convent of St. Paul in Parma, now known as Camera di San Paolo. Here he painted an arbor pierced by oculi opening to glimpses of playful cherubs. Below the oculi are

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s with images of statues in feigned monochromic marble. The fireplace is frescoed with an image of Diana. The iconography of the scheme is complex, combining images of classical marbles with whimsical colorful ''bambini''. He then painted the illusionistic '' Vision of St. John on Patmos'' (1520–21) for the dome of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista. Three years later he decorated the dome of the Cathedral of Parma with a startling ''

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'', crowded with layers of receding figures in Melozzo's perspective ('' sotto in su'', from down to up). These two works represented a highly novel illusionistic ''sotto in su'' treatment of dome decoration that would exert a profound influence upon future fresco artists, from

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in his fresco ''Assumption of the Virgin'', in the cathedral church of

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, to Gaudenzio Ferrari in his frescoes for the cupola of ''Santa Maria dei Miracoli'' in

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, to

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in his now-lost fresco from

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, and to the baroque elaborations of Lanfranco and Baciccio in Roman churches. The massing of spectators in a vortex, creating both narrative and decoration, the illusionistic obliteration of the architectural roof-plane, and the thrusting perspective toward divine infinity, were devices without precedent, and which depended on the extrapolation of the mechanics of perspective. The recession and movement implied by the figures presage the dynamism that would characterize

painting. Other masterpieces include '' The Lamentation'' and '' The Martyrdom of Four Saints'', both at the Galleria Nazionale of Parma. The ''Lamentation'' is haunted by a lambency rarely seen in Italian painting prior to this time. The ''Martyrdom'' is also remarkable for resembling later Baroque compositions such as

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's ''

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'' and Ercole Ferrata's ''Death of Saint Agnes'', showing a gleeful saint entering martyrdom.

Mythological series

Aside from his religious output, Correggio conceived a now-famous set of paintings depicting the ''Loves of Jupiter'' as described in

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's ''

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''. The voluptuous series was commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga of Mantua, probably to decorate his private Ovid Room in the Palazzo Te. However, they were given to the visiting Holy Roman Emperor

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and thus left Italy within years of their completion. ''

Leda and the Swan Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces Leda, a Spartan queen. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while a ...

'' – acquired by

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in 1753; now in Staatliche Museen of

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– is a tumult of incidents: in the centre Leda straddles a swan, and on the right, a shy but satisfied maiden. ''

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'', now in Rome's

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, depicts the maiden as she is impregnated by a curtain of gilded divine rain. Her lower torso semi-obscured by sheets, Danae appears more demure and gleeful than

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's 1545 version of the same topic, where the rain is more accurately numismatic. The picture once called ''Antiope and the Satyr'' is now correctly identified as '' Venus and Cupid with a Satyr''. '' Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'' depicts the young man aloft in literal amorous flight. Some have interpreted the conjunction of man and eagle as a metaphor for the evangelist John; however, given the erotic context of this and other paintings, this seems unlikely. This painting and its partner, the masterpiece of ''

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'', are in

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. ''Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'', one of the four mythological paintings commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga, is a proto-

work due to its depiction of movement, drama, and diagonal compositional arrangement.

Death

Returning to his home town in later years, Correggio died there suddenly on 5 March 1534. The following day he was buried in San Francesco in Correggio near his youthful masterpiece, the 'Madonna di San Francesco', housed today in Dresden. The precise location of his tomb is now unknown.

Evaluation

Correggio - Leda and the Swan - Google Art Project

Correggio was remembered by his contemporaries as a shadowy, melancholic, and introverted character. An enigmatic and eclectic artist, he appears to have emerged from no major apprenticeship. In addition to the influence of Costa, there are echoes of Mantegna's style in his work, and a response to

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, as well. Correggio had little immediate influence in terms of apprenticed successors, but his works are now considered to have been revolutionary and influential on subsequent artists. A half-century after his death Correggio's work was well known to

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, who felt that he had not had enough "Roman" exposure to make him a better painter. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, his works were often noted in the diaries of foreign visitors to Italy, which led to a reevaluation of his art during the period of

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. The flight of the Madonna in the vault of the cupola of the Cathedral of Parma inspired many scenographical decorations in lay and religious palaces during those centuries. Correggio's illusionistic experiments, in which imaginary spaces replace the natural reality, seem to prefigure many elements of

, and

stylistic approaches. He appears to have fostered artistic grandchildren, for example, Giovannino di Pomponio Allegri (1521–1593). Correggio had no direct disciples outside of Parma, where he was influential on the work of Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani,

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, Bernardo Gatti, Francesco Madonnina, and Giorgio Gandini del Grano.

Selected works

* ''Judith and the Servant'' (c. 1510)—Oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts,

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* '' Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist'' (c. 1510)—Oil on panel- Pavia Civic Museums,

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* '' The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine'' (1510–1515)—

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* ''Madonna'' (1512–14)—Oil on canvas,

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* ''

Madonna and Child with St Francis ''Madonna and Child with St Francis'' or ''Madonna of St Francis'' is a 1514–1515 painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Correggio, now held in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany. It shows Francis of Assisi, with the sti ...

'' (1514)—Oil on wood, 299 × 245 cm, Gemäldegalerie,

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* ''Madonna and Child'' (unknown, early 1500s)—Oil on canvas, National Gallery for Foreign Art,

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* ''Madonna of Albinea'' (1514, lost) * ''Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist'' (1514–15)—Oil on wood panel, 45 × 35.5 cm,

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* '' Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist'' (c. 1515)—Oil on panel, 64.2 × 50.2 cm,

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* '' The Holy Family with Saint Jerome'' (1515)–East Closet of

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as part of the

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* '' Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John'' (1516)—Oil on canvas, 48 × 37 cm,

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* ''

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'' (c. 1515–1518)–Oil on canvas, 84 × 108 cm,

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, Milan *''Saint Jerome'' (c. 1515–1518)–Oil on Wood 64 x 51 cm,

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, Madrid * ''Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist'' (1518)–Oil on panel, 48 x 37 cm,

, Madrid * '' Portrait of a Lady'' (c. 1517–1520)—Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm, Hermitage,

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*Frescoes for Camera di San Paolo (1519)—Monastery of San Paolo, Parma * ''

The Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis The ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt with Saint Francis'' is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Correggio, dated to c. 1520 and now in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt was a popular subject in art. His ...

'' (c. 1520)—Oil on canvas, 123.5 × 106.5 cm,

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*''Portrait of a man'' (c. 1520)–Oil on canvas, 55 x 40 cm, Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid. * ''Death of St. John'' (1520–1524)—Fresco, San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma *''Madonna della Scala'' (c. 1523)—Fresco, 196 × 141.8 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * '' Martyrdom of Four Saints'' (c. 1524)—Oil on canvas, 160 × 185 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * '' Virgin and Child with an Angel (Madonna del Latte)'' (c. 1524)—Oil on wood, 68 × 56 cm, Museum of Fine Arts,

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* ''

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'' (1525)—Oil on canvas, 158.5 × 184.3 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * ''

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'' (c. 1525)—Oil on canvas, 130 × 103 cm,

* ''Ecce Homo'' (1525–1530)—Oil on canvas,

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* '' Madonna della Scodella'' (1525–1530)—Oil on canvas, 216 × 137 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * '' Adoration of the Child'' (c. 1526)—Oil on canvas, 81 × 67 cm, Uffizi Gallery, Florence * '' Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine'' (mid-1520s)—Wood, 105 × 102 cm,

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* ''

'' (1526–1530)—Fresco, 1093 × 1195 cm, Cathedral of Parma * '' Madonna of St. Jerome'' (1527–28)—Oil on canvas, 205.7 × 141 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * '' Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love')'' (c. 1528)—Oil on canvas, 155 × 91 cm, National Gallery, London * '' Venus and Cupid with a Satyr'' (c. 1528)—Oil on canvas, 188 × 125 cm,

* ''Nativity'' (''Adoration of the Shepherds'', or ''Holy Night'') (1528–1530)—Oil on canvas, 256.5 × 188 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden * '' Madonna and Child with Saint George'' (1530–1532)—Oil on canvas, 285 × 190 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden * ''

'' (c. 1531)—Tempera on panel, 161 × 193 cm,

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* '' Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'' (1531–32)—Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 70.5 cm,

* ''

'' (1531–32)—Oil on canvas, 164 × 71 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum * '' Leda with the Swan'' (1531–32)—Oil on canvas, 152 × 191 cm, Staatliche Museen,

* '' Allegory of Virtue'' (c. 1531)—Oil on canvas, 149 × 88 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris * '' Allegory of Vice'' (c. 1531)—Oil on canvas, 149 × 88 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris File:Correggio - Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Sebastian - Louvre.jpg, '' The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine'', c. 1526–27 File:Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian) - Head of Christ - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Head of Christ'' (1525–1530) File:Correggio, madonna di hampton court.jpg, '' The Holy Family with Saint Jerome'' (1515) File:Correggio Venus with Mercury and Cupid or The School of Love.jpg, '' Venus and Cupid'' (1525) File:Cupola Duomo Parma Correggio.jpg, ''

'', Duomo,

, 1522–30 File:Correggio - La Vergine che adora il Bambino - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Adoration of the Christ Child'' (1526) File:Antonio Allegri, called Correggio - The Abduction of Ganymede - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'' (1531–32) File:Correggio, Ritratto di dama, c.1517-1518.jpg, '' Portrait of a Lady'' (c. 1517–c. 1520),

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

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File:Correggio, ritratto di scolaro.jpg, Portrait of a Man (c. 1520), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

References

External links

* * * http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/correggio/ *
''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article
It does not cite the mythological theme pictures.
Correggio
by Estelle M. Hurll, 1901, from

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Video—Il Duomo di Parma, Assumption of the Virgin

Dr. Julius Meyer, Antonio da Correggio

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Correggio, Antonio Allegri Da 1489 births 1534 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Roman Catholics 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Parma People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna Italian Renaissance painters Catholic painters