. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. shields bearing musical notesand the device Nee spe, nee metu. Above, the walls are covered withtapestries and pictures by famous masters, the subjects and dimensionssuggested by herself; below, they are panelled with intarsias, either inperspective, or representing groups of musical instruments. On every 1 A. Luzio and R. Renier, Mantova e Urbino. Isabella dEste e Elisabetta , 1893. 2 Pio Raina, IS Orlando Innamorato del Boiardo, in la vita italiana nel Rinascimentoip. 325. Milan, 1893. 88 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO s
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. shields bearing musical notesand the device Nee spe, nee metu. Above, the walls are covered withtapestries and pictures by famous masters, the subjects and dimensionssuggested by herself; below, they are panelled with intarsias, either inperspective, or representing groups of musical instruments. On every 1 A. Luzio and R. Renier, Mantova e Urbino. Isabella dEste e Elisabetta , 1893. 2 Pio Raina, IS Orlando Innamorato del Boiardo, in la vita italiana nel Rinascimentoip. 325. Milan, 1893. 88 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO side, tables and stools are loaded with bronzes, medals, marbles,pottery, brocades, books, viols, lutes, and, among them all, sheavesof freshly gathered flowers. Etiquettes were waived in favour of thosewho could discourse to her of art or science, or show her somebeautiful thing. Her eye was athirst for loveliness, her brain greedyof knowledge ! The artists and learned men who surrounded her,and felt the magic of her fascination, hailed her as one of the Pierides,. CUPID CROWNING ISABELLA D ESTE. FROM LORENZO COSTA S ALLEGORY OF HER COURT. In the Louvre. sent by Jove for the consummation of the new culture. In her hoursof solitude she read the ancient poets and historians, and the books heradmirers had sent her and she herself had collected. Or she wouldpass her treasures in review, or write commissioning her friends tofind her others ; or seek relaxation at her harpsichord, while eyeand mind found rest in contemplation of the wide and tranquillandscape beyond her palace walls. NICOLO DA CORREGGIO 89 The social relations between the courts of Mantua and Correggiosoon ripened into friendship. Borso da Correggio was the mediator ina dispute between Isabella and her husband, and the former acted assponsor to Veronicas first-born son. A frequent visitor at the court of Mantua from 1508 onwards wasthe gallant Nicolo da Correggio, a prince who was an accomplished m 1 ALLEGORY OF THE
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