Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . oval medallion of Ahrahaiifs Sacrifice. Morelli does not notice thaton the back of the throne, above, there is a roundel, as in MantegnasS. Maria della Vittoria ; and that the niche behind is wreathed with Lc op,Painters, i. Costalnii, part iii. p. 60. Ferrara, 1841) attributes this picture to Fra Bartolommeo, andsays that other persons had ascribed it to Raphael. He adds, however, T. Geyser, dti maestri ita/uuii, y. 123. .See also Morcllis two volumes, Italian255, and ii. p. 148. Caniillo Laderchi {Descrizione dclla Quadreria
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . oval medallion of Ahrahaiifs Sacrifice. Morelli does not notice thaton the back of the throne, above, there is a roundel, as in MantegnasS. Maria della Vittoria ; and that the niche behind is wreathed with Lc op,Painters, i. Costalnii, part iii. p. 60. Ferrara, 1841) attributes this picture to Fra Bartolommeo, andsays that other persons had ascribed it to Raphael. He adds, however, T. Geyser, dti maestri ita/uuii, y. 123. .See also Morcllis two volumes, Italian255, and ii. p. 148. Caniillo Laderchi {Descrizione dclla Quadreria. In the Uffui Gallery, PTCTURES BY CORREGGIO loi one of the garlands of fruit and flowers so often introduced by theVicenzan master. The long, scanty folds of St. Catherines robe arealso very Mantegnesque in treatment. In the Uffizi^ thcr(> is another small picture by Correggio,attributed to Titian in the old catalogues, but declared by severalwriters to be a Ferrarrse work. Morelli restored it to its rightfulauthor. Its value is much enhanced by its unusually fine state ofpreservation. The Virgin, enthroned in a mass of snowy clouds, supports theChild upon her lap. Both are turned to the left, entranced by themusic of a youthful winged angel, who plays the viol beside angel behind them sings to the accompaniment of a the shining aureole above is a cluster of rosy cherub heads,as in the San Francesco altar-piece. The colour is rich and glowing,and especially brilliant in the Virgins crimson robe, and her with its green lining. The sentimen
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