Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . the altars ; a few frescoes, the offerings of certain devout persons,adorned the walls of some of the chapels. The greater partof the transept was decorated ; - but the vast main building, that is tosay, the vaults of the three aisles, the walls of the nave, the cupola, 1 A Correggesque drawing in sanguine in tlie Louvre, squared out for enlargingseems to represent an Annunciation. It does not, however, correspond with the lunettedescribed, which agrees more closely with a drawing in the Ambrosiana at Milan, ascribedto Corregg
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . the altars ; a few frescoes, the offerings of certain devout persons,adorned the walls of some of the chapels. The greater partof the transept was decorated ; - but the vast main building, that is tosay, the vaults of the three aisles, the walls of the nave, the cupola, 1 A Correggesque drawing in sanguine in tlie Louvre, squared out for enlargingseems to represent an Annunciation. It does not, however, correspond with the lunettedescribed, which agrees more closely with a drawing in the Ambrosiana at Milan, ascribedto Correggio, but more probably by some pupil or imitator (see page 270). ^ In the deed of 1522, assigning the decoration of a certain part of the transept toParmigianino and Anselmi, the following words occur : Rcmovendo illas picliiras quae suntde praesenti, or de l^ me senti exist elites. PARMA CATHEDRAL and the presbytery were all subdued and colourless, displayinq- thtarchitectural lines in severe simplicity. h. No trace remained of the paintings which had once adorned thefacade, and of which Fra Salimbene tells us, describing the wrath of 252 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO of the paintings themselves ; and having calculated that my outlay for 7r*^ ci^^-^^, ,/^ A ?>yyi V>vl >*-*VrvnH^ yr^Xo ^^cKvtrii • ., ? , ? ,/^-f . ?/ U-^ gold-leaf, colours, and the final coat of cement on which I shall paintwill be loo ducats, I cannot, having regard to our own honour and
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