PREFACE

To the general public the works of Correggio are much less familiar than those of other Italian painters. Parma lies outside the route of the ordinary tourist, and the treasures of its gallery and churches are still unsuspected by many. It is hoped that this little collection of pictures may arouse a new interest in the great Emilian. The selections are about equally divided between the frescoes of Parma and the easel paintings scattered through the various European galleries.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.

New Bedford, Mass.

December, 1901.

CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

PAGE
[A Supposed Portrait of Correggio][(Frontispiece)]
[Picture from Photograph of the original painting]
[Introduction]
I. [On Correggio's Character As an Artist][vii]
II. [On Books of Reference][x]
III. [Historical Directory of the Pictures of This Collection][xi]
IV. [Outline Table of the Principal Events In Correggio's Life][xiii]
V. [List of Contemporary Painters][xiv]
I. [The Holy Night (Detail)][1]
[Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clément & Co.]
II. [St. Catherine Reading][7]
[Picture from Photograph by Francis Ellis and W. Hayward, London]
III. [The Marriage of St. Catherine][13]
[Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clément & Co.]
IV. [Ceiling Decoration in the Sala Del Pergolato (Hall of the Vine Trellis)][19]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari]
V. [Diana][25]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari]
VI. [St. John the Evangelist][31]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari]
VII. [St. John and St. Augustine][37]
[Picture from Photograph by D. Anderson]
VIII. [St. Matthew and St. Jerome][43]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari of the painting in water color by P. Toschi]
IX. [The Rest on the Return From Egypt (Madonna Della Scodella)][49]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari]
X. [Ecce Homo][55]
[Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clément & Co.]
XI. [Apostles and Genii][61]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari of the painting in water color by P. Toschi]
XII. [St. John the Baptist][67]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari of the painting in water color by P. Toschi]
XIII. [Christ Appearing To Mary Magdalene in the Garden (Noli Me Tangere)][73]
[Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clément & Co.]
XIV. [The Madonna of St. Jerome][79]
[Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clément & Co.]
XV. [Cupid Sharpening His Arrows (Detail of Danaë)][85]
[Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari]
XVI. [A Supposed Portrait of Correggio][91]
[Pronouncing Vocabulary of Proper Names And Foreign Words][93]