Correggio

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About this book

Correggio is a collection of fifteen pictures and a supposed portrait of the painter, with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. Hurll. The preface says to the general public the works of Correggio are much less familiar than those of other Italian painters, and that Parma lies outside the route of the ordinary tourist.

The quality of Correggio's artistic temperament is said to have been essentially joyous. Childhood and youth are said to have been the painter's favorite subjects. Vasari is said to have made many efforts to procure a portrait and to have concluded that "he never took it himself, nor ever had it taken by others, seeing that he lived much in retirement." In one picture the good bishop is learning the truths of the faith from St. John, while a child-angel behind him holds his crosier and mitre.

About the author

Estelle May Hurll

Estelle May Hurll was an American art writer and editor who produced concise, image-centered studies for students and general readers around the turn of the twentieth century. Jean Francois Millet and Sir Joshua Reynolds each pair a selection of reproduced paintings with an introduction, commentary, and a portrait of the artist.