Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . r pointed out that noartist had painted upon copper before the end of the sixteenth century, 1 Willelmo Braghirolli, Dei rapporti di Federigo II., Gonzaga, con Antonio Allfgri daCorreggio. {Giomaie derudizioiie artisfica, \. \\ 325. Perugia, 1S74.) - Giov. Morelli, Italian Painters, ii. j). 15S. Liibke, Essai dhistoire dc Fart, ii. ]>. also Karl Wocrmanii, Aata/og dcr I;. Gemaldfgalcrie zii Dresden, \\ Si. Dresden,1887. Tur: •• \i)T\<; m.\(;i)AT,i-,x .\i 1)Ri:si)i;n 2;,7 and concluded by sayiny that a carefu
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . r pointed out that noartist had painted upon copper before the end of the sixteenth century, 1 Willelmo Braghirolli, Dei rapporti di Federigo II., Gonzaga, con Antonio Allfgri daCorreggio. {Giomaie derudizioiie artisfica, \. \\ 325. Perugia, 1S74.) - Giov. Morelli, Italian Painters, ii. j). 15S. Liibke, Essai dhistoire dc Fart, ii. ]>. also Karl Wocrmanii, Aata/og dcr I;. Gemaldfgalcrie zii Dresden, \\ Si. Dresden,1887. Tur: •• \i)T\<; m.\(;i)AT,i-,x .\i 1)Ri:si)i;n 2;,7 and concluded by sayiny that a careful examination of the pictureinclined him to attribute it to Adrien van dcr Werff, a master whoseevery characteristic appeared in the work, notably his colour, as in thecrude dazzling- blue of the drapery, his treat incut of landscape, as in theminute rendering of every stone and leaf, his ]:)eculiarities o{ type, as inthe long nails, their edges catching the light. Even the surface cracks,he remarks, agree exactly with those in Adrien van der Werffs Deferring, however, to some lingering doubt, he adds the following :It may be, perhaps, that the picture was not painted by Van derWerff himself, but by some contemporary and fellow-countryman. In nocase, however, can it be accepted as the work of an Italian ; much lessof an Italian who flourished in the first thirty years of the sixteenthcentury. It may, however, be a copy by some foreign artist of theseventeenth century, from an original of the school of the Carracci. Morellis opinion may be implicitly relied on as far as Correggios 238 ANTONIO DA rORREGGIO
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