Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . CHAPTER XIV THE DEATH OF CORREGGIO THE PAlNTElCHARACTER—. -SUPPOSED PORTRAITS OF CORREGGIO —HIS DISPOSITION ANDB—MONUMENTS TO HIS MEMORY—THE HISTORY OF A SKULL THE deed by which theFranciscans commissionedCorreggio to paint his firstgreat altar-piece in 15 14 was ex-ecuted in the artists bedroom,on the ground floor of his ownhumble dwelling. With the first breath of spring,on March 5, 1534, Correggiopassed away among his ownpeople in that same house, per-haps in that same little room,where the first vision of art haddawned upo
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . CHAPTER XIV THE DEATH OF CORREGGIO THE PAlNTElCHARACTER—. -SUPPOSED PORTRAITS OF CORREGGIO —HIS DISPOSITION ANDB—MONUMENTS TO HIS MEMORY—THE HISTORY OF A SKULL THE deed by which theFranciscans commissionedCorreggio to paint his firstgreat altar-piece in 15 14 was ex-ecuted in the artists bedroom,on the ground floor of his ownhumble dwelling. With the first breath of spring,on March 5, 1534, Correggiopassed away among his ownpeople in that same house, per-haps in that same little room,where the first vision of art haddawned upon him. He wasbarely forty years old, and hadbeen a widower for five years. DEATH OF CORREGCilO 327 On the following clay, a l-riday, mass was said for the rei)Ose of hissoul. He was then laid in his tomb. His father^ caused another massto be said a year His illness cannot have been a long one. We have seen that heacted as witness to the marriage settlement of Chiara da Correggiolittle more than a month before his death, and that on June 15following, his father refunded the twenty-five gold siiufi pait
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