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MEMOIRS

CONCERNING
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ANTHONY ALLEGRI,
DENOMINATED
CORREGGIO.
VERY confused are the accounts which we
have of the life of Correggio. Some say that he
was born in the year 1490, and others, with more
foundation, say that he was born four years after
that date, at Correggio, or a village near it. His
real name was Anthony Allegri, but he latinized
it in signing and putting in his paintings Lam ;
but nevertheless he always was, and is known by
the name of his country, Correggio. Nothing is
known of his family : we know only that he was
twice married, and that he had children by both
wives. From the first was born at Correggio,
Pompey, or, as others call him, Pomponio ; and
in Parma a daughter in 1524, and another in
1526. In the year following he had the third
daughter by the second wife.
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