. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. the Benedictines hadexcited the liveliestapplause and expec-tation. Family affairscalled him back toCorreggio early in1523. On January 20, ne WaS preSent DOOR AND WINDOWS IN THE CHAPTER-HOUSE OF SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA, PARMA. at the drawing up of the deed, by which certain properties were divided between his wifeand her uncle, Giovanni He then returned to the tranquilactivity of his life at Parma, where he seems to have workeduninterruptedly until 1525. In the communal archives at Novellara there is a letter addre
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. the Benedictines hadexcited the liveliestapplause and expec-tation. Family affairscalled him back toCorreggio early in1523. On January 20, ne WaS preSent DOOR AND WINDOWS IN THE CHAPTER-HOUSE OF SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA, PARMA. at the drawing up of the deed, by which certain properties were divided between his wifeand her uncle, Giovanni He then returned to the tranquilactivity of his life at Parma, where he seems to have workeduninterruptedly until 1525. In the communal archives at Novellara there is a letter addressedto Count Alessandro Gonzaga, the writer of which begs for the loanof a horse, promising to return it promptly. The letter is datedCorreggio, March 15, 1524, and signed by a certain Antonio daCorreggio. It has hitherto been accepted without question as thepainters autograph, and figured as such at the Correggio Exhibitionheld at Parma in 1894. We have carefully compared the letter with 1 Tiraboschi, vi. p. 239. Pungileoni, i. p. 186. Magnanini, pp. 100 and 196 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO two authentic autographs, and have come to the conclusion that itwas not written by Allegri, but by some namesake of his. We havealready pointed out the probability of a like error in connection with adocument referring to a certain Antonio da Correggio who was atCarpi in 1512. It should be borne in mind that in neither casecan the Antonio in question be identified with Antonio Bernieri, theCorreggese miniature painter, who was only eight years old in fact that the similarity of names nevertheless caused him to v J n-yMrbnt* J>V (^Y* <Vj AUTOGRAPH SIGNED ANTONIO DA COREZA, MARCH 15, 1524. be confused with our painter at a later date, shows how easily such amistake may have arisen in the case of some other Antonio of thesame city. Who the person was who borrowed the horse fromGonzaga of Novellara is of very little moment. It is enough for us toknow that it was not Correggio. We
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