Portret van de schilder Correggio

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 154 mm x breedte 111 mm

Art Historical Context

**Portret van de schilderreggio** is a delicate etching by Giovanni Francesco Bugatti, Italian printmaker active in the 17th century (ca. 1600–1699). This intimate portrait honors Antonio Allegri da Corgio, the renowned Renaissance celebrated for his innovative use of light, graceful figures, and illusionistic frescoes in places like Parma's Cathedral dome. Created over a century after Correggio's death 1534, Bugatti's work reflects the enduring admiration for this High Renaissance artist during the Baroque era, when printmakers often disseminated images of artistic heroes to inspire contempor...