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lives of the artists.

his many friends, to whom he was endeared by his excellent qualities; it was also greatly to the loss of the world, thus prematurely deprived of his talents. Amidst these regrets there was, however, the consolation of knowing that Giorgione had left behind him two worthy disciples and excellent masters in Sebastiano, a Venetian, who was afterwards a Monk of the Piombo in Rome, and Titian del Cadore,^[1] who not only equalled, but even surpassed him greatly. Of both these artists we propose to speak in the proper place, and will then fully describe the honour and advantage which the art has derived from them.^[2]

THE PAINTER, ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO.

[born 1494—died 1534.]

I AM not willing to depart hastily from the land wherein our great mother Nature, that she might not be accused of partiality, presented to the world extraordinary men, of the same kind wherewith she had for so many years adorned Tuscany. Among the masters of this vicinity, then, and one endowed with an exalted and most admirable genius, was Antonio da Correggio,^[3] an excellent painter, who acquired the new

↑ Titian was not the disciple of Giorgione, but his fellow student rather, under the Bellini, and subsequently his follower in the new manner. But it may be fairly inferred that Giorgione, had he lived, might have disputed the palm of excellence with Titian himself; seeing what was accomplished by him who died at thirty-four, what might he not have done had he approached the age to which Titian attained. —Ed. Flor., 1832-8.
↑ Among the disciples of Giorgione were also Giovanni da Udine and Francesco Torbido, of Verona: his more distinguished imitators were Jacopo Palma, Paris Bordone, and others of less eminence.
↑ Antonio Allegri, of Correggio, was born in a city so named, in the Duchy of Modena. He was the son of Pellegrino Allegri, and of Bernardina Piazzoli, called Degli Aromani. The very name of this great master was long involved in obscurity, and Vasari was the first who attempted his biography, which is, however, exceedingly meagre, and not without errors. It is true that his defects and omissions have been subsequently rectified and supplied, to some extent, by Vasari himself, in the Life of Girolamo da

[1] Titian was not the disciple of Giorgione, but his fellow student rather, under the Bellini, and subsequently his follower in the new manner. But it may be fairly inferred that Giorgione, had he lived, might have disputed the palm of excellence with Titian himself; seeing what was accomplished by him who died at thirty-four, what might he not have done had he approached the age to which Titian attained. —Ed. Flor., 1832-8.

[2] Among the disciples of Giorgione were also Giovanni da Udine and Francesco Torbido, of Verona: his more distinguished imitators were Jacopo Palma, Paris Bordone, and others of less eminence.

[p410-3] Antonio Allegri, of Correggio, was born in a city so named, in the Duchy of Modena. He was the son of Pellegrino Allegri, and of Bernardina Piazzoli, called Degli Aromani. The very name of this great master was long involved in obscurity, and Vasari was the first who attempted his biography, which is, however, exceedingly meagre, and not without errors. It is true that his defects and omissions have been subsequently rectified and supplied, to some extent, by Vasari himself, in the Life of Girolamo da

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