Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . speak of Eleonoraof Correggio as our Eleonora. When therefore Veronica and Isabella spoke of Correggio as ourAntonio, they claimed a certain share in his glory which is undoubtedlytheirs by right. Women have a keener and more delicate perceptionof genius than men. They have the same skill in developing thenascent soul as in handling the infant body. Those whose light touchalleviates the wounds of the tortured body can best pour the balmof healing upon moral suffering. Sister Celestes figure is the mostbeautiful in Galileos his
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . speak of Eleonoraof Correggio as our Eleonora. When therefore Veronica and Isabella spoke of Correggio as ourAntonio, they claimed a certain share in his glory which is undoubtedlytheirs by right. Women have a keener and more delicate perceptionof genius than men. They have the same skill in developing thenascent soul as in handling the infant body. Those whose light touchalleviates the wounds of the tortured body can best pour the balmof healing upon moral suffering. Sister Celestes figure is the mostbeautiful in Galileos history. The more sheltered life of women pre-serves their capacity for belief. In the heat of the daily strugglemen become sceptical and intolerant. They are impatient of personsand things they consider unimportant, though these may sometimescontain the germs of a glorious future. Who shall say that theradiant grace of our Antonios works did not owe its first impulseto the smiles and encouragement with which two noble and culturedwomen rewarded his early efforts .. CHAPTER VI CORREGGIOS EARLY WORKS IHL lk\NCIsC\M ALIAK riLCI \1 DkLsDEN—JUVENILE PICTUKES liY CORREGGIOAl MILAN, I \\ I \, MULU \ \, H(1KE\CL, MUNICH, bIGMAKINGEX, AND LONDON. THE first of Correggios\vorks mentioned in exist-ing records is the so-calledMadonna of San Francesco. Inhis will, dated July 4, 1514, acertain Quirino Zuccardi left ahouse to the Franciscan monas-tery at Correggio. This legacyhe directed should be used tocover the cost of a j)icture forthe high altar of the heir, Nicola Selli ofIarma, a citizen of Correggio,elected to keep the house. He ?^?1^? I-^ij ? i-a) offered to compound for its pos-session with a sum of ninety-five ducats, sixty-four soldi, to be paid
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