Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489–1534)

• Was an Italian painter of the Parma school.
• Antonio Allegri was born in Correggio, a small town near Reggio Emilia.
• He had his first artistic education from his father's brother, the painter Lorenzo Allegri.
• In 1503–1505 he was apprenticed to Francesco Bianchi Ferrara in Modena.
• In 1514 he probably finished three tondos for the entrance of the church of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, and then returned to Correggio.
• In 1519 he married Girolama Francesca di Braghetis, also of Correggio, who died in 1529.
• One of his sons, Pomponio Allegri, became an undistinguished painter.
• He have fostered artistic grandchildren, for example, Giovannino di Pomponio Allegri.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love'), c. 1525.
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Correggio, Holy Family with the Infant St. John, c. 1515

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Correggio, Holy Family with the Infant St. John, c. 1515

Correggio, Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalena, and Leonard, 1515-17

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Correggio, Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalena, and Leonard, 1515-17

Correggio, The Madonna of Saint Francis, 1514-15

Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Correggio, The Madonna of Saint Francis, 1514-15

Correggio, Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1515

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Correggio, Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1515

Antonio Allegri da Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1510-1515

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washigton, DC. Visited in 2018.

Antonio Allegri da Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1510-1515

Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, between 1510 and 1514

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, between 1510 and 1514

Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love'), c. 1525

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-2019.

Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love'), c. 1525

Correggio, Virgin and Child, with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1510-12

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Correggio, Virgin and Child, with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1510-12

Correggio, The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria in the presence of St. Sebastian, around 1526 - 1527

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Correggio, The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria in the presence of St. Sebastian, around 1526 - 1527

Correggio, Venus, Satyr and Sleeping Love, around 1524 - 1527

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Correggio, Venus, Satyr and Sleeping Love, around 1524 - 1527

Correggio, Portrait of a young man, around 1517-1520

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Correggio, Portrait of a young man, around 1517-1520