. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. f San Rocco went to meet the deputation from Albinea, who 1 Meyer, pp. 87 and 109. See also Pungileoni, i. pp. 70, 71, and 94; ii. pp. diario sacro istoriografo reggia?w, p. 106. Reggio, 1825. Paolo Ottavi, Duequadri del Correggio {Atti e memorie delle R. R. Deputazioni di storia patria modenesi eparmensi, i. p. 112. Modena, 1863). Martini, pp. 62, 7o,and Bigi, p. 51, etc. i36 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO brought their Madonna to San Rocco. 1 Now this description of thepicture evidently implies that the Virgin was the d
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. f San Rocco went to meet the deputation from Albinea, who 1 Meyer, pp. 87 and 109. See also Pungileoni, i. pp. 70, 71, and 94; ii. pp. diario sacro istoriografo reggia?w, p. 106. Reggio, 1825. Paolo Ottavi, Duequadri del Correggio {Atti e memorie delle R. R. Deputazioni di storia patria modenesi eparmensi, i. p. 112. Modena, 1863). Martini, pp. 62, 7o,and Bigi, p. 51, etc. i36 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO brought their Madonna to San Rocco. 1 Now this description of thepicture evidently implies that the Virgin was the dominant figure ofthe composition, and we cannot suppose her to have played the sub-ordinate part she necessarily does in pictures representing the episodeof her birth. Subsequent events prove that the Madonna returned in safety to heraltar. We knowthat Francesco her there,and that he re-moved her, sub-stituting Boulan-gers copy. Nowthis copy wasfixed into theflorid baroquestucco ornamentwith which thechurch was de-corated at itsrestoration, andhas remained. COPY OF THE ALBINEA MADONNA, BY CORREGGIO. In the Brera, Milan. there ever since,as various docu- ments bear wit-ness. It still exists, though in a ruinous condition. The Virgin sits under a clump of trees, supporting the Childin her arms. To the right stands St. Lucy, her eyes on a plate in onehand, in the other the palm of martyrdom. On the opposite side isSt. Mary Magdalen, the box of ointment in her right hand, her lefthand upon her breast. The background represents a hill, beyondwhich lies a wide plain. 1 I. Malaguzzi, Alcune cose tratte dai diari reggiani di Alfonso Visdomini (Reggio, nozze Fomaciari, Valentini). We owe this information to Professor N. Campanini. THE ALBINEA MADONNA i37 The picture is unmistakably a copy after Correggio. Even Meyerwas obliged to admit this, though he believed the original altar-pieceto have represented the birth of the Virgin. The facial types, thefolds of the draperie
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