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Title: Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors: Ricci, Corrado, 1858-1934 Simmons, Florence Subjects: Correggio, 1489?-1534 Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's sons Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: A. Gliisclli, Mciiuiric di Bologna, MSS. in the University Library at Bologna,X. p. 296. - Arcliivio storico dvlf ar/c, v. p. 137. 2 Ad. Vcnturi, Lorenzo Costa {Arc/iivio storico deir arte, vol. i. p. 251, 1889). 68 ANTONIO DA CORREGCzIO We need not linger here over his other works, his artistic gifts,and the rewards heaped on him by the Gonzaghi. He remained withthem until his death on March lo, 1535, just a year after that ofCorreggio. As to Dosso, we know from contemporary documents that he wasin Mantua in 1512, when he painted a picture with eleven humanfigures for the Palace of San Scbastiano.^ The conclusion to which all the facts above stated point is perfectlysimple and obvious; it is not to be assailed by any critical pre-

Text Appearing After Image: possession. It is undeniable that in the youthful works painted byCorreggio in and about 1512, we trace the influence of pictures byMantegna at Mantua ; Ferrarese inspiration is no less evident in hisforms and colour, which are closely allied to those of Costa and Dosso,the two Ferrarese masters working in Mantua at the time. We cannotbut conclude from these facts that Mantua was the city to which AntonioAllegri passed, perhaps from his uncle Lorenzos studio ; that it washere he supplemented the modest instruction he had already received,and formed his characteristic style. We may very reasonably presume1 Pungileoni, ii. p. 45. C. dArco, ii. p. 79. rORREC.C.IO AT MANTUA (>9 that his arrival at Mantua and his sojourn in the city took placebetween 1311 and 1513, when he was from seventeen to nineteenyears old, for there is no mention of his presence at Correggio atthis time in any contemporary documents. In these we find noreference whatever to him between January 12, 151 i, when he

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