. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. HEAD OF A DOY, A COPY AFTER CORREGGIO. In the Ufnzi, Florence. 272 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO following centuries. Gianbattista Tiepolo, contemplating it, almostfelt his faith in Titian and Paolo Veronese shaken ; and Mengs summedup the chorus of praise in these words : It is the most beautiful of allthe cupolas painted either before or since. 1 Ludwig Tieck, the famous German poet, sang thus of Correggio :What genius disclosed all these wonders to thee ? All the fair imagesin the world seem to have sprung forward to meet thee, and
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. HEAD OF A DOY, A COPY AFTER CORREGGIO. In the Ufnzi, Florence. 272 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO following centuries. Gianbattista Tiepolo, contemplating it, almostfelt his faith in Titian and Paolo Veronese shaken ; and Mengs summedup the chorus of praise in these words : It is the most beautiful of allthe cupolas painted either before or since. 1 Ludwig Tieck, the famous German poet, sang thus of Correggio :What genius disclosed all these wonders to thee ? All the fair imagesin the world seem to have sprung forward to meet thee, and to throwthemselves lovingly into thine arms. How joyous was the gatheringwhen smiling angels held thy palette, and sublime spirits stood beforethee in all their splendour as models. Let no one say he has seenItaly, let no one think he has learnt the lofty secrets of art, till he hasseen thee and thy cathedral, O Parma! 1 Opere, ii. p. A satyr. (Fresco in the Camera di San Paolo at Parma.) CHAPTER XII CORREGGIOS GREAT ALTAR-PIECES THE MADONNA WITH ST. SEEASTIAN — THE MADONNA WITH ST. JEROME — THEMADONNA DELLA SCODELLA—THE NATIVITY, KNOWN AS LA NOTTE THE MADONNA WITH ST. GEORGE
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