. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. Bl/ST OF MANTEGNA, IN S. ANDREA AT MANTlA. 1 A. Ghiselli, Memorie di Bologna, MSS. in the University Library at Bologna,x, p. 296. ~ Archivio storico delV arte, v. p. 137. 3 Ad. Venturi, Lorenzo Costa {Archivio storico dell arte, vol. i. p. 251, 1889). 68 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO We need not linger here over his other works, his artistic gifts,and the rewards heaped on him by the Gonzaghi. He remained withthem until his death on March 10, 1535, just a year after that ofCorreggio. As to Dosso, we know from contemporary documents t
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. Bl/ST OF MANTEGNA, IN S. ANDREA AT MANTlA. 1 A. Ghiselli, Memorie di Bologna, MSS. in the University Library at Bologna,x, p. 296. ~ Archivio storico delV arte, v. p. 137. 3 Ad. Venturi, Lorenzo Costa {Archivio storico dell arte, vol. i. p. 251, 1889). 68 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO We need not linger here over his other works, his artistic gifts,and the rewards heaped on him by the Gonzaghi. He remained withthem until his death on March 10, 1535, just a year after that ofCorreggio. As to Dosso, we know from contemporary documents that he wasin Mantua in 1512, when he painted a picture with eleven humanfigures for the Palace of San The conclusion to which all the facts above stated point is perfectlysimple and obvious; it is not to be assailed by any critical pre-. CASTLE OF THE GONZAGA FAMILY AT MANTUA. possession. It is undeniable that in the youthful works painted byCorreggio in and about 1512, we trace the influence of pictures byMantegna at Mantua ; Ferrarese inspiration is no less evident in hisforms and colour, which are closely allied to those of Costa and Dosso,the two Ferrarese masters workine in Mantua at the time. We cannotbut conclude from these facts that Mantua was the city to which AntonioAllegri passed, perhaps from his uncle Lorenzos studio ; that it washere he supplemented the modest instruction he had already received,and formed his characteristic style. We may very reasonably presume 1 Pungileoni, ii. p. 45. C. dArco, ii. p. 79. CORREGGIO AT MANTUA 69 that his at Mantua and his sojourn in the city took placebetween 1511 and 1513, when he was from seventeen to nineteenyears old, for there is no mention of his presence at Correggio atthis time in any contemporary documents. In these we find noreference whatever to him
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