. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. ithwhen Veronica, daughter of Gian Francesco Gambara and Alda Pioof Carpi, came to Correggio as the wife of Giberto. Her face, we are told, was neither beautiful nor delicate, thoughfull of kindness, but this plainness of feature was atoned for by amagnificent figure, a sweet voice, a quick wit, and a cultivated wrote sonnets and Latin verse, and, being sedentary and some-what lazy in her habits, had become an indefatigable reader. Sheloved books, and had collected a good library. In her delightful 1 A. Vernarecci, O
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. ithwhen Veronica, daughter of Gian Francesco Gambara and Alda Pioof Carpi, came to Correggio as the wife of Giberto. Her face, we are told, was neither beautiful nor delicate, thoughfull of kindness, but this plainness of feature was atoned for by amagnificent figure, a sweet voice, a quick wit, and a cultivated wrote sonnets and Latin verse, and, being sedentary and some-what lazy in her habits, had become an indefatigable reader. Sheloved books, and had collected a good library. In her delightful 1 A. Vernarecci, Ottavia?io dJ Petrucci, p. 95. Bologna, 1882, VERONICA GAMBARA 77 letters, in which there is none of the tedious and almost conventualseverity of Vittoria Colonnas,1 we find her bent on the satisfactionof her various tastes, ordering flowers, perfumes, jewellery, carriages,toys for her children, linen, and dresses. I want some Florentineplush, I am tired of Flemish, French, and English Toensure the elegance of her chaussure she has recourse to her daughter. PORTRAIT OF VERONICA GAMBARA. Costanza, who had married one ot the Gonzaghi ot Novellara. Isend you a little velvet, and pray you to order me two pairs ofslippers before the fetes, on account of which I am somewhat before-hand. The others were right as to height and all else, save that they 1 R. Renier, Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, xiv. p. 441. Turin, 1889. 2 Veronica Gambara, Rime e lettere raccolte da Felice Rizzardi, p. 161. Brescia, 1759.
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