Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the

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school of the High

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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 the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

, 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 Francesco Bianchi (1447 – 8 February 1510) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He is also known as ''Francesco del Bianchi Ferrara'' and ''Il Frare''. He was born at Ferrara. Modena is also mentioned as the place of his birth. His ...

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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 of the Renaissance. Biography He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by his early twenties, and was probably influenced by the Bolognese School. However, many artists worked in ...

and

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, 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

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). 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

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, 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

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. 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 ''

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'' (1520–21) for the dome of the church of San Giovanni Evangelista. Three years later he decorated the dome of the

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with a startling ''

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'', crowded with layers of receding figures in Melozzo's perspective (''

sotto in su Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective ''di sotto in sù'' and ''quadratura'', is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, an ...

'', 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

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well ...

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

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, to

Gaudenzio Ferrari Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1471 – 11 January 1546) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance. Biography Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of V ...

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 Lanfranco (active in Modena from c. 1099 to 1110) was an Italian architect. His only known work is the Modena Cathedral. Record of his work there is in the early 13th-century manuscript ''Relatio de innovatione ecclesie sancti Gemeniani'' in the ...

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 The ''Lamentation of Christ'' (also known as ''Deposition'') is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio, dating from around 1524 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale of Parma, Italy. History The work is one of t ...

'' and ''

The Martyrdom of Four Saints The ''Martyrdom of Four Saints'' is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio, dating from around 1524 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale of Parma, Italy. History The work is one of the canvasses commissioned by ...

'', 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 Bernini's ''

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'' and

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'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

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of Mantua, probably to decorate his private Ovid Room in the

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. 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 or rapes Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the sa ...

'' – 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 ''Venus and Cupid with a Satyr'' (c. 1528) is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Antonio da Correggio. It is now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Background This painting was in the 16th century in the private collection of co ...

''. ''

Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle ''Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle'' (c. 1531–1532) is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance artist Antonio da Correggio. It is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. The work was part of a series executed by Correggio for ...

'' 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 ''

Jupiter and Io ''Jupiter and Io'' is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Antonio da Correggio around 1530. It now hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. History The series of Jupiter's Loves was conceived after the success of '' ...

'', are in

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. ''

'', 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 Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 – September 1550) was an Italian painter, active in a Renaissance style in Parma. Biography He was a near contemporary of Michelangelo Anselmi, and is known to have worked on designs of Antonio da ...

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bo ...

Bernardo Gatti Bernardino Gatti (c.1495 – 22 February 1576) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in Parma and Cremona. He is also commonly called il Sojaro. He was born in or near Pavia or Cremona. His early apprenticeship is unclear, ...

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, and Giorgio Gandini del Grano.

Selected works

Correggio - Allegory of Virtues - WGA05338

* ''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-

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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 Correggio, now held in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany. It shows Francis of Assisi, with the stigmata, prostrating himself before a ...

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

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* ''Madonna and Child'' (unknown, early 1500s)—Oil on canvas,

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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 ''The Holy Family with Saint Jerome'' is a 68 by 56 cm oil on poplar panel painting by Correggio. It dates to around 1515 and is now displayed in the East Closet of Hampton Court Palace as part of the Royal Collection. It has similarities with the ...

'' (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, 1518 oil on panel, 48 x 37 cm,

, Madrid * ''Portrait of a Gentlewoman'' (1517–1519)—Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm, Hermitage,

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*Frescoes for

(1519)—Monastery of San Paolo, Parma * ''

The Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis The ''Rest on the Flight to 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. Histor ...

'' (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,

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''Madonna della Scala'' (c. 1523)—Fresco, 196 × 141.8 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * ''

Martyrdom of Four Saints The ''Martyrdom of Four Saints'' is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio, dating from around 1524 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale of Parma, Italy. History The work is one of the canvasses commissioned b ...

'' (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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* ''Deposition from the Cross'' (1525)—Oil on canvas, 158.5 × 184.3 cm, Galleria Nazionale, Parma * '' Noli me Tangere'' (c. 1525)—Oil on canvas, 130 × 103 cm,

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

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Madonna della Scodella ''Madonna della Scodella'' is an oil painting on panel by Antonio da Correggio (216,7 x 137,3 cm), dated from 1528 to about 1530 and preserved at the Galleria nazionale di Parma. History The panel painting was made by Correggio for the Sa ...

'' (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,

* '' 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 * ''

'' (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 ''Madonna and Child with Saint George'' (''Madonna di San Giorgio'') is an oil on panel painting by Correggio dating to around 1530 and now in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden. It features the Madonna and Child in the centre under a floral dome wh ...

'' (1530–1532)—Oil on canvas, 285 × 190 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden * ''

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

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'' (1531–32)—Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 70.5 cm,

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

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* '' 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, ''

'' (1515) File:Correggio Leda.jpg, '' Leda with the Swan'' (1531–32) File:Correggio Venus with Mercury and Cupid or The School of Love.jpg, '' Venus and Cupid'' (1525) File:Cupola Duomo Parma Correggio.jpg, ''

'', Cupola of the Duomo, Parma 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, ''

'' (1531–32) 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
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Works by Correggio at www.antoniodacorreggio.org

Video—Il Duomo di Parma, Assumption of the Virgin

Dr. Julius Meyer, Antonio da Correggio

More complete list of works by Correggio (with images)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Correggio, Antonio Allegri Da 1489 births 1534 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Painters from Parma People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna Renaissance painters Catholic painters