Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . THE (^ONVKNT Ol SAN PAOLO S3. Correggio after completing the work, and remained there for a wholeyear, and that in 1520 he came back to Parma at the invitation ofthe Benedictines. We know indeed that he was at Correggio onJanuary 18, 1519, where he acted as witness to the deed of settle-ment by which the dowry of Oliva Chierici was conveyed to FrancescoAromani, his maternal uncle; a fortnight later he received a donationfrom the same uncle of a house and furniture, in the Borgo Vecchio,with a few acres of land ;in September he
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . THE (^ONVKNT Ol SAN PAOLO S3. Correggio after completing the work, and remained there for a wholeyear, and that in 1520 he came back to Parma at the invitation ofthe Benedictines. We know indeed that he was at Correggio onJanuary 18, 1519, where he acted as witness to the deed of settle-ment by which the dowry of Oliva Chierici was conveyed to FrancescoAromani, his maternal uncle; a fortnight later he received a donationfrom the same uncle of a house and furniture, in the Borgo Vecchio,with a few acres of land ;in September he was pre-sent at the drawing up oftwo deeds by the notaryFrancesco Alfonso Bottoni;finally, he was at Correggio,as we know, in October,when the archpriest took hisreceipt for payment of allcharges connected with thealtar-piece he had paintedfor the church of xAlbinea.^These various evidences allfavour the conjecture thatAllegri spent the greater partof the year 1518 at Parma,painting in the convent oiSan Paolo, and all the fol- cloister of the convent of san .aolo, iakma. lowing year in Corre
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