Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Moses,Aaron, Adam, Eve, andthe Wise Virgins. Furiousat the threats of the war-dens, and perhaps doubt-ful of his own ability tocarry out a vast scheuK:of decoration which mightbear comparison with thetwo cupolas painted liyCorreggio, he retired, al-most as a fugiti\e, toCasalmaggiore, where hedied after a brief illnessat the early age of thirty-seven. ^ ,„ „,, ^.,p|„ M,,,.„„, He has been justly accused of painting figures of abnormal length, and of an affected and effeminate type. Albani described him as intent on the manufact
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . Moses,Aaron, Adam, Eve, andthe Wise Virgins. Furiousat the threats of the war-dens, and perhaps doubt-ful of his own ability tocarry out a vast scheuK:of decoration which mightbear comparison with thetwo cupolas painted liyCorreggio, he retired, al-most as a fugiti\e, toCasalmaggiore, where hedied after a brief illnessat the early age of thirty-seven. ^ ,„ „,, ^.,p|„ M,,,.„„, He has been justly accused of painting figures of abnormal length, and of an affected and effeminate type. Albani described him as intent on the manufacture of nymphs. It is, however, impossible to deny his 1 \asari, V. [>. 217 d St\/. Baistrocchi, Notizic dcipiltori. Affo, Vita delgrazwsissiinopittore Francesco Mazzola, detto Il Fannigianitio. Parma, 1784. Sketches of the Lives ofCorreggio and Parviigiano, p. 221 et seq. London, 1823. Luigi Sanvitale, Memorientortio alia Rocca di Fontanellato. Panna, 1857. A. Konchini, La Steccata di Parma,?np. cit. E. Faelli, Bihlingrafia mazzoliana. Parma. 376 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO
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