Italy: Correggio's work spotlighted at Parma's Galleria Nazionale

Susan Spano’s Postcards From Rome

Never mind the prosciutto and cheese. This fall, the northern Italian city of Parma is showcasing the work of its favorite artist, Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (circa 1490-1534).

The Correggio exhibition, which runs until Jan. 25, 2009 at the Galleria Nationale in the Palazzo Pilotta, attempts to put the often overlooked painter in his proper place, alongside Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other great artists of the Italian Renaissance. Among the works featured is his masterpiece, “Madonna With St. Jerome” (1522).

Correggio spent most of his working life in Parma, where he decorated a room in the Benedictine Abbey of San Paolo. Scaffolding and stairs have been erected to give art lovers a closer look at his cupola frescoes in the Duomo and nearby church of San Giovanni.

So it’s all Correggio all the time in Parma this season, and the ham and cheese aren’t going anywhere either.

– Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Image: www.gallerianazionaleparma.it]

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