. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. efts? * \. --j ADAM, ABRAHAM, AND ISAAC, BY CORREGGIO. Study for the Cupola of Parma the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 270 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO With regard to the lar^e cartoons, fifteen of which are said to havebeen recently discovered in Paris, and to have been bought in 1754 bya lady called Basseporte for 8,000 lire} we are inclined to be the restoration and cleaning of the cupola a great many artists,from the Carracci onwards, made drawings of entire zones of the frescoon the original scale
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. efts? * \. --j ADAM, ABRAHAM, AND ISAAC, BY CORREGGIO. Study for the Cupola of Parma the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. 270 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO With regard to the lar^e cartoons, fifteen of which are said to havebeen recently discovered in Paris, and to have been bought in 1754 bya lady called Basseporte for 8,000 lire} we are inclined to be the restoration and cleaning of the cupola a great many artists,from the Carracci onwards, made drawings of entire zones of the frescoon the original scale ; while others, such as Girolamo da Carpi, Barocci,Sabbatini, Passerotti, etc., copied certain portions in oil, or made studies of single figures ormotives, after the manner ofthe six sketches which passedfrom the Marchese Aldro-vandi to a certain CarloZanichelli,2 and the colossalhead of a boy in the Uffizi atFlorence. These numerous copiesin various mediums showhow rapidly the fame of Cor-reggios great work had es-tablished itself. Vasari wasthe first to write of it. Its
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