. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. IhtA- S^aUUp^^Tijr^0ywfaJ Jbsx\~ w ^-nJfrv -W^- :.. cL dr^ r 1^ 1 a v cf arv / ?j / nH aCrrA <tlr~~7*\ Ift^Urtrf fc *W l . ? Ifc fct i-1 ^•» LORREGGIOS AUTOCKAlH AGREEMENT TO TAINT THE FRESCOES IN THE CATHEDRAL. gold-leaf, colours, and the final coat of cement on which I shall paintwill be ioo ducats, I cannot, having regard to our own honour and. CENTRE OF THE CUPOLA CF THE CATHEDRAL AT PARMA. CORREGGIOS AUTOGRAPH AGREEMENT 253 that of the place, undertake the work for less than 1,000 gold ducats,and the following app
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. IhtA- S^aUUp^^Tijr^0ywfaJ Jbsx\~ w ^-nJfrv -W^- :.. cL dr^ r 1^ 1 a v cf arv / ?j / nH aCrrA <tlr~~7*\ Ift^Urtrf fc *W l . ? Ifc fct i-1 ^•» LORREGGIOS AUTOCKAlH AGREEMENT TO TAINT THE FRESCOES IN THE CATHEDRAL. gold-leaf, colours, and the final coat of cement on which I shall paintwill be ioo ducats, I cannot, having regard to our own honour and. CENTRE OF THE CUPOLA CF THE CATHEDRAL AT PARMA. CORREGGIOS AUTOGRAPH AGREEMENT 253 that of the place, undertake the work for less than 1,000 gold ducats,and the following appliances : 1, scaffoldings ; 2, the mortar preparationof the walls ; 3, cement for the plastering ; 4, a large room, or enclosedchapel, in which to prepare the Correggios words are full of dignity : I cannot, having regard toour own honour and that of the place, undertake the work for less than1,000 gold ducats. Far from depreciating his work, as a foolishtradition would persuade us he did, he recognises and respects his ownpowers. And this intimate consciousness of worth, and simplicity inexpressing it, are as admirable, on the one hand, as on the other thestudied humility of the charlatans of modesty, or the boasts of self-satisfied incompetence are wearisome and repulsive. We note that the figures 1,000 are inserted above an erasure of theoriginal entry, which was 1,200 .ducats. This gives an addition
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