The ''Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome and Mary Magdalen (The Day)'' is an
oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist
Correggio dating from around 1528 and housed in the
Galleria Nazionale
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of
Parma,
Italy.
History
The canvas was commissioned in 1523 by Briseide Colla for a private chapel on the right side of the church of
Sant'Antonio Abate in Parma. Contemporary art historian and painter
Giorgio Vasari described the work's ''il mirabile colorito'' ("wonderful color"), and it was also studied by
El Greco
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...
.
In the early 18th century, the church needed costly restoration works and several collectors, including the Kings of Poland and France and the
Holy Roman Emperor
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, offered to buy the work. However, in 1749 it was transferred into the
Cathedral of Parma and later was bought by the
Duchy of Parma
The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza ( it, Ducato di Parma e Piacenza, la, Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae), was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna.
Originally a realm of the Farnese ...
. During the
French occupation of northern Italy, it was stolen and brought to France. The painting was returned to Italy in 1815 and placed on display in the Parma gallery. A 1724 copy of the painting hangs in the chapel of
Palais Rohan, Strasbourg.
Sources
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External links
Page at Correggio Art Home websitePage at Galleria nazionale di Parma website
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Jerome
1528 paintings
Collections of the Galleria nazionale di Parma
Corregio
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...
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