Correggio

Allegri, Antonio

Parmese, 1489/1494 - 1534

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Correggio, Salvator Mundi, c. 1515, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.68

Salvator Mundi

Correggio · c. 1515 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1961.9.68

Three women, two men, and a baby sit on or stand near a throne with a curved top in this vertical painting. All the people have light, peachy skin. A younger woman, Mary, holds a nude baby as she sits on the lap of a second woman, Saint Anne, on the throne. The edges of Saint Anne’s white habit are visible along her forehead and across her neck, and she wears a raspberry-pink robe covering her head, shoulders, and arms. She holds both hands out, with her right hand, to our left, palm down. She looks off to our left, and her lips are parted. On her lap, Mary’s blond hair is pulled back, and she wears a ruby-red dress under a lapis-blue robe. She looks down at the baby who sits on her right knee, to our left. The baby also has blond hair, and he reaches for the hand of a third woman kneeling next to him, to our left. That woman’s reddish-blond hair is pulled back, and she wears a golden yellow wrap over a spruce-green dress. A red cloth hangs down her back and pools over the back of her bent knees and legs. She looks down at her right hand as the baby holds the third finger. The two men stand to either side of the throne. Both have bald heads, each with a ring of hair, and they are cleanshaven. The one to our left stands just behind the kneeling woman, and wears a moss-green, hooded robe with loose sleeves. He holds one hand to his chest, and a faint wound is visible on the back of his palm. The man on the other side faces the throne in profile facing our left. He wears a black cape wrapped around a white robe. He holds a book in one hand and a long stem of white flowers in the other. The throne sits in front of a shadowed, rounded niche. It is lined with a garland dotted with fruit, possibly oranges and lemons. Behind Saint Anne’s head, a gold circle is held up by two winged angels. Along the base of the throne, an oval medallion sits against a design of scrolls and flowers. The medallion shows a person kneeling on a box and another with a sword raised. The throne sits on two steps. On the steps near the kneeling woman are a gold crown, a sword with a gold hilt, and a bit of a broken, wooden wheel.
Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1510/1515, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.83

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Correggio · 1510/1515 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1939.1.83

Correggio, Youth Holding a Dish, 17th century?, red and black chalk with touches of white (partially oxydized) on laid paper, Corcoran Collection, 2015.143.38

Youth Holding a Dish

Correggio · 17th century? · red and black chalk with touches of white (partially oxydized) on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.143.38

Correggio, Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto], 1523/1524, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.6.a

Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto]

Correggio · 1523/1524 · pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.217.6.a

Correggio, Saint Matthew and Saint Jerome [verso], 1523/1524, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.6.b

Saint Matthew and Saint Jerome [verso]

Correggio · 1523/1524 · pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.217.6.b

Shown from the lap up, a woman breastfeeds a baby against a dark background in this vertical painting. Both people have gold halos and pale skin. The woman sits to our left with her body angled to our right almost in profile. Her head tips forward, and she looks down from under thin brows. She a straight nose and a pointed chin, and her small pink lips are closed. Her light brown hair is parted down the middle and falls down her back. One curly lock lies over the shoulder closer to us. Her sage-green bodice has a straight neckline and muted blue sleeves. A white cloak falls from her far shoulder, across her back, and across her lap. She holds the baby’s shoulders with one hand, the middle finger lying delicately across one tiny shoulder and resting behind his ear. She braces his backside with the other. He feeds from her left breast, farther from us, with eyes nearly shut in upward-curving slits and upper lip rolled back. He touches her chest with one hand, and his other fist is tucked between their bodies. A piece of blue cloth stretches from her far shoulder to wrap around the back of his head and falls down his back. Their halos are gold filigree against the dark background.
Italian 16th Century, Correggio, Madonna and Child, c. 1505/1510, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.266

Madonna and Child

Italian 16th Century, Correggio · c. 1505/1510 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1939.1.266

Mauro Gandolfi, Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel, 1826, engraving, proof before completion and letters, Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz, 2014.65.1

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine and an Angel

Mauro Gandolfi · 1826 · engraving, proof before completion and letters ·  Accession ID  2014.65.1

Andrea Scacciati, Virgin and Child with Two Angels, c.1766, etching, sulfur tint, and roulette printed in red on on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2013.17.2

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Andrea Scacciati · c.1766 · etching, sulfur tint, and roulette printed in red on on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2013.17.2

Vivant Denon, The Virgin and Child with Angels, etching on laid paper, laid down on Liechtenstein collection mat, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2014.26.3

The Virgin and Child with Angels

Vivant Denon · · etching on laid paper, laid down on Liechtenstein collection mat ·  Accession ID  2014.26.3

Agostino Carracci, Ecce Homo, 1587, engraving on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2019.63.1

Ecce Homo

Agostino Carracci · 1587 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2019.63.1