Correggio

[ kuh-rej-oh, -rej-ee-oh; Italian kawr-red-jaw ]

noun

1. An·to·nio Al·le·gri da [ahn-, taw, -nyaw ahl-, le, -g, r, ee dah], 1494–1534, Italian painter.

Correggio

/ korˈreddʒo /

noun

1. CorreggioAntonio Allegri da14941534MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Antonio Allegri da (anˈtɔːnjo alˈleːɡri da). 1494–1534, Italian painter, noted for his striking use of perspective and foreshortening

Example Sentences

Highly organized, the seizures took place through peace treaties, the art selected by specialists; ships laden with Correggios, Leonardos and Raphaels sailed under military escort to Marseille.

From New York Times

Correggio spent most of the first two decades of life in his birthplace.

From New York Times

They include Goya’s “The Parasol”; a still life by van der Hamen; “Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan” by Velázquez; and “Noli Me Tangere,” Correggio’s painting of Christ meeting Mary Magdalene.

From New York Times

Born in 1894 in Montella, in southern Italy, by the 1930s she was married and running a small shop in the northern town of Correggio.

From BBC

He also studied the works of Correggio and Titian, absorbing some of the former's sentimentality and the latter's colour.

From The Guardian