III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE PICTURES OF THIS COLLECTION

IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN CORREGGIO'S LIFE

V. LIST OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS

I. THE HOLY NIGHT (DETAIL)
Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

II. _St. Catherine Reading_
Picture from Photograph by Francis Ellis and W. Hayward, London

III. THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE
Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

IV. CEILING DECORATION IN THE SALA DEL PERGOLATO (HALL OF THE VINE
TRELLIS)
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari

V. DIANA
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari

VI. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari

VII. ST. JOHN AND ST. AUGUSTINE
Picture from Photograph by D. Anderson

VIII. ST. MATTHEW AND ST. JEROME
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)
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari

X. ECCE HOMO
Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

XI. APOSTLES AND GENII
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari of the painting in
water color by P. Toschi

XII. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
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)
Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

XIV. THE MADONNA OF ST. JEROME
Picture from Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

XV. CUPID SHARPENING HIS ARROWS (DETAIL OF DANAE)
Picture from Photograph by Fratelli Alinari

XVI. A SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF CORREGGIO

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS

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INTRODUCTION

I. ON CORREGGIO'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST.

The art of Correggio was very justly summed up by his first
biographer, Vasari. After pointing out that in the matter of drawing
and composition the artist would scarcely have won a reputation, the
writer goes on to say: "To Correggio belongs the great praise of
having attained the highest point of perfection in coloring, whether
his works were executed in oil or in fresco." In another place he
writes, "No artist