Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . boasting of having once owned the originaldrawing, says that the picture, formerly in the possession of MuzioOrsini, had been acquired by the Marchese del Carpio, and that therewas also a replica in an ancient Roman house. His statement asto the Marchesedel Carpios pos-session of such apicture is borneout by an engrav-ing by Teresa No authen-tic information hascome down to usas to the fate ofthe replica, unlessindeed it is to beidentified with thepicture Miindlersaw in Rome in1844 in the pos-session of a cer-tain Count
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . boasting of having once owned the originaldrawing, says that the picture, formerly in the possession of MuzioOrsini, had been acquired by the Marchese del Carpio, and that therewas also a replica in an ancient Roman house. His statement asto the Marchesedel Carpios pos-session of such apicture is borneout by an engrav-ing by Teresa No authen-tic information hascome down to usas to the fate ofthe replica, unlessindeed it is to beidentified with thepicture Miindlersaw in Rome in1844 in the pos-session of a cer-tain Count Cabral,who dealt in pic-tures with thehelp of Prince Torlonia.« As we p, th. s.:haii. Bcrii,,. are not to increase the confusion that already prevails, we will only add that thetwo most famous examples which lay claim to authenticity are the. ^ P. 63. Perugia, 1787. - Pungileoni, ii. p. 128. It is said to have passed into Spain and afterwards toEngland. ?? Meyer, pp. 142 et seq. and 329 (t seq. A A I7S ANTONIO DA rORREGGIO version on panel in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg, and that oncanvas in the Esterhazy collection, now in the Public Gallery at The former, according to Nagler, belonged to a King of Spain,whose name he omits to mention. The king presented it to his con-fessor, who in his turn handed it on to the Jesuits. It came to Romethrough the medium of its new owners, and was bought by one Cava-ceppi (here we enter into the domain of fact), who sold it again to thepainter Giovanni Casanova, brother to the famous adventurer, for averv small price, the picture being in a terribly dirty state, coveredwith dust and varnish. Casanova cleaned it skilfully, and exhibitedit as a discovery. The matter attracted a good deal of attention inthe art-world. Mengs mentioned it, among others, and Winckelmann,who w
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