Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Signor Paolo Fabrizi, Ro azure reflections, the opalescent glint, as of mother-of-pearl, and thewhole gamut of delicate gradations that lurks in the mysterious chiaros-curo. Giihh (h- VAiiiah-ur ail Afi/scc dii Louvre. Paris, 1S82. G. Lafenestre and E,Richtenbcrgcr, Lc Music National du Louvre, p. 45. Paris, 1893. THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE 173 Though the less fully developed types of the Saint Cat/icriiic areconclusive as to its priority, there are certain close affinities betweenthis picture and the so-called Sain/ Jerome
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Signor Paolo Fabrizi, Ro azure reflections, the opalescent glint, as of mother-of-pearl, and thewhole gamut of delicate gradations that lurks in the mysterious chiaros-curo. Giihh (h- VAiiiah-ur ail Afi/scc dii Louvre. Paris, 1S82. G. Lafenestre and E,Richtenbcrgcr, Lc Music National du Louvre, p. 45. Paris, 1893. THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE 173 Though the less fully developed types of the Saint Cat/icriiic areconclusive as to its priority, there are certain close affinities betweenthis picture and the so-called Sain/ Jerome Madonna, of which we shallspeak further on. These are most evident in the modelling of theInfants little body, in the attentive expression of his face, and, above. all, in the tones of the landscape, the small kneeling figures of which arealmost identical in the two pictures. The widespread celebrity of theSaint Catherine dates from a very early period. Vasari relates howGirolamo da Carpi, when he went to Modena to see some of Correggiosworks, was not only filled with wonder as he looked at them, but 174 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO perfectly stupefied by one in particular. This was a large picture, amost divine work, in which our Lady holds the Child, who espousesSt. Catherine ; they are attended by St. Sebastian and others ; theheads are of such extraordinary beauty, that they seem to have beenmodelled in Paradise. It would be impossible to see a rendering ofhair and hands more beautiful, or colour more delicate and owner of the picture, Messer Francesco Grillenzoni, who wasone of Correggios closest friends, gave Girolamo leave to copy it, andhe reproduced it with a diligence that it could hardly be possible tosurpass. ^ A legend afterward
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