Correggio

Correggio
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(1489–1534) italiensk renässansmålare

Correggio (1489–1534) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Correggio belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Correggio was born in Correggio and died in Correggio. The teachers included Francesco Bianchi and Antonio Begarelli. Correggio worked in Parma, Albinea, Correggio, and Mantua. Wikidata associates Correggio with Renaissance.

The best-known works include ‘Jupiter and Io’, ‘Assumption of the Virgin’, ‘Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle’, and ‘The Betrayal of Christ, with a soldier in pursuit of Mark the Evangelist’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, allegory, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 123 works by Correggio with free images. The dated works span the years 1507–1750. Works by Correggio are held by several collections, among them Galleria nazionale di Parma, National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Christ Church College. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alonso Berruguete, Bonifazio di Petati, Nicolas Bachelier, Giovanni da Udine, and Bernard van Orley.