. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE, BY CORREGCIO. Dr. G. Frizzoni, Milan. oval medallion of Abrahams 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 1 Le opere dei maestri itahani, p. 123. See also Morellis two volumes, Italia?i-Painters, i. p. 255, and ii. p. 148. Camillo Laderchi {Descrizione della QuadreriaCostabili, part iii. p. 60. Ferrara, 1841) attributes this picture to Fra Bartolommeo, andsays that
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE, BY CORREGCIO. Dr. G. Frizzoni, Milan. oval medallion of Abrahams 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 1 Le opere dei maestri itahani, p. 123. See also Morellis two volumes, Italia?i-Painters, i. p. 255, and ii. p. 148. Camillo Laderchi {Descrizione della QuadreriaCostabili, 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,. MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ANGELS. In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. EARLY PICTURES BY CORREGGIO 101 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 Uffizi1 there is another small picture by Correggio,attributed to Titian in the old catalogues, but declared by severalwriters to be a Ferrarese 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 bluemantle
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