. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. the fates. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) CHAPTER IX THE FRESCOES IN SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA THE CHURCH AND MONASTERY—CORREGGIO RECEIVES THE COMMISSION—THE SIEGEOF PARMA—THE FRESCOES OF THE DOME AND APSE—DECORATIONS OF THE NAVE —THE LUNETTE OF ST. JOHN-FROM THE CROSS SS. PLACIDUS AND FLAVIA THE DESCENT. putti. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) OUR painter returned toParma in the spring of1520. It is very prob-able that, knowing he wouldhave to spend a considerabletime in the city, working for theBe
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. the fates. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) CHAPTER IX THE FRESCOES IN SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA THE CHURCH AND MONASTERY—CORREGGIO RECEIVES THE COMMISSION—THE SIEGEOF PARMA—THE FRESCOES OF THE DOME AND APSE—DECORATIONS OF THE NAVE —THE LUNETTE OF ST. JOHN-FROM THE CROSS SS. PLACIDUS AND FLAVIA THE DESCENT. putti. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) OUR painter returned toParma in the spring of1520. It is very prob-able that, knowing he wouldhave to spend a considerabletime in the city, working for theBenedictines, and missing thepleasant intercourse of his homeand family, he pressed on themarriage already arranged. Hiswife was one Girolama Merlini,born early in 1503, and conse-quently, a- girl of barely seven-teen when she married Correggio. CORREGGIOS MARRIAGE 185 She was the daughter of Bartolomeo Merlini de Braghetis, whodied seven months after her birth, and of Antonia Bellesia, a memberof a wealthy country family. Pungileoni was much exercised bythe fact that in June, 1518, she made a will, leaving her pro-perty to her uncle and aunt, Giovanni and Lucia Thenatural inference seems to be that she was in delicate health, anassumption which is further supported by her early death in is known of her beyond these meagre details. We maytherefore pass over
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