Past Exhibition

The Legacy of Correggio

The image shows a drawing featuring five figures: three adults, a young child, and an infant. They are arranged in a composition around the infant, who lies centrally on a cloth. The infant is depicted nude and lying down with one hand slightly raised. An elderly man kneels close to the infant, while another elderly figure stands behind him with a staff. To the right, a woman is kneeling in a position of contemplation, and another woman is stooping over. The figures are wearing robes with soft, flowing lines, set against a plain background.
Lodovico Carracci, The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes, c. 1605, pen and brown ink and brown wash with white heightening over black chalk; traces of incising, Adolph Caspar Miller Fund, 1975.52.1

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    West Building, Ground Floor, Graphics Galleries GS-6, GS-7, GS-8, GS-9 (3,000 sq. ft.)
The image shows a drawing featuring five figures: three adults, a young child, and an infant. They are arranged in a composition around the infant, who lies centrally on a cloth. The infant is depicted nude and lying down with one hand slightly raised. An elderly man kneels close to the infant, while another elderly figure stands behind him with a staff. To the right, a woman is kneeling in a position of contemplation, and another woman is stooping over. The figures are wearing robes with soft, flowing lines, set against a plain background.
Lodovico Carracci, The Nativity with Saints Francis and Agnes, c. 1605, pen and brown ink and brown wash with white heightening over black chalk; traces of incising, Adolph Caspar Miller Fund, 1975.52.1

Overview: 132 drawings in this exhibition included 26 by Correggio and others by some 31 artists of his immediate following in Parma and Emilia.

Organization: Organized by Diane De Grazia, the exhibition was installed in 7 sections by Gaillard Ravenel and staff. It went on to the Galleria Nazionale di Parma under the sponsorship of the Cassa di Risparmio di Parma, with an Italian edition of the catalogue.

Attendance: 23,356

Catalog: Correggio and His Legacy: Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, by Diane De Grazia. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1984.

Other Venues:

  • Galleria Nazionale, Parma, 06/03/1984–07/15/1984

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