. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. nt as follows : In one of the rooms of the abbey, thatnearest to the door opening on to the cloister, there is a frieze, verypleasingly decorated, with children leading a goat to the sacrifice ; oneholds a swallow in his This frieze, which has now disappeared,was afterwards attributed to Rondani,2 and it is not improbable that Correggios share in it was limited topreparing the design and giving somefew suggestions to his disciple. The frescoes in San Giovanni Evan-gelista were not executed with that de-spatch and conti
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. nt as follows : In one of the rooms of the abbey, thatnearest to the door opening on to the cloister, there is a frieze, verypleasingly decorated, with children leading a goat to the sacrifice ; oneholds a swallow in his This frieze, which has now disappeared,was afterwards attributed to Rondani,2 and it is not improbable that Correggios share in it was limited topreparing the design and giving somefew suggestions to his disciple. The frescoes in San Giovanni Evan-gelista were not executed with that de-spatch and continuity both monks andpainter had hoped for. The work washindered by various domestic troubleswhich harassed the artist, and wasfurther interrupted by the grave politi-cal disasters, which burst on Parma withall the devastating violence of a hurri-cane. When, after the famous battle ofSeptember 13, 1515, Francis I. annexedthe duchy of Milan, Parma and Pia-cenza also fell into his hands. Leo submission at first, but in hisheart he was by no means reconciled. CUPOLA AND TOWER OF SAN GIOVANNIEVANGELISTA, AT PARMA. to the loss of these two importantcities. In 1521 he entered into a league with Charles V., theFlorentines, and the Duke of Mantua, on the understanding that hewas to be allowed to seize the two cities, and take Ferrara from theEstensi. These compacts and intrigues were not so discreetly carriedthrough, but that Lautrec, the French Kings Governor-General inLombardy, got wind of them. He at once increased the garrison ofParma, and occupied Busseto and Cristoforo Pallavicinos territory. 1 Notizie dei pittori, &c. MS. no. 1106 in the Miscellanea in the Palatine Library atParma. See the biographies of Correggio and of Rondani. 2 Pungileoni, i. p. 91 ; ii. pp. 130, 131. THE SIEGE OF PARMA 193 Prospero Colonna, the Condottiere of the allies, promptly advancedupon Parma. Towards the end of July he was encamped by thebridge over the Enza. But the French were too much on
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