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THE WORKS OF
and here he acquired a beautiful and grand taste;
and, according to the laudable customs of that
time, he applied himself also to sculpture, but
I know not if he arrived to work in marble.' It
is however certain that he worked in plaflica and
stucco, because they still preserve in Modena, in
the church of Saint Margaret, a Deposition os
Anthony Begarelli, sculptor of Modena, and great
friend of Correggio, who did with his own hand
three of the figures. It is not known for certain
whether Begarelli learned sculpture from Cor-
reggio, or Correggio from Begarelli, or if they
Studied together ; but it is however certain that
this is the best work of Begarelli, who made many
others alone even to the year 1555. The afore-
said Vedriani writes that Begarelli affisted Cor-
reggio, making him the models for the celebrated
work of the cupola of Parma; from whence one
concludes that he served him, and that the painter
was not so poor as is generally pretended, becaufe
he employed and paid a sculptor, who in that time
had the first reputation in Lombardy, and of
whom Michael Angelo made much account. I
do not pretend, by that, that Correggio was very
rich : every one will think as he likes ; however,
I know not in our time any painter who is in a
Situation to pay a good sculptor for making him
necessary models of so vast a work as that of
Parma.
The works are very rare to which Correggio
put his name, and the date in which he did them;
from whence it is very difficult to fix the epoch
when he began to offer his works to the public.
THE WORKS OF
and here he acquired a beautiful and grand taste;
and, according to the laudable customs of that
time, he applied himself also to sculpture, but
I know not if he arrived to work in marble.' It
is however certain that he worked in plaflica and
stucco, because they still preserve in Modena, in
the church of Saint Margaret, a Deposition os
Anthony Begarelli, sculptor of Modena, and great
friend of Correggio, who did with his own hand
three of the figures. It is not known for certain
whether Begarelli learned sculpture from Cor-
reggio, or Correggio from Begarelli, or if they
Studied together ; but it is however certain that
this is the best work of Begarelli, who made many
others alone even to the year 1555. The afore-
said Vedriani writes that Begarelli affisted Cor-
reggio, making him the models for the celebrated
work of the cupola of Parma; from whence one
concludes that he served him, and that the painter
was not so poor as is generally pretended, becaufe
he employed and paid a sculptor, who in that time
had the first reputation in Lombardy, and of
whom Michael Angelo made much account. I
do not pretend, by that, that Correggio was very
rich : every one will think as he likes ; however,
I know not in our time any painter who is in a
Situation to pay a good sculptor for making him
necessary models of so vast a work as that of
Parma.
The works are very rare to which Correggio
put his name, and the date in which he did them;
from whence it is very difficult to fix the epoch
when he began to offer his works to the public.