Correggio

American  

[kuh-rej-oh, -rej-ee-oh, kawr-red-jaw] / kəˈrɛdʒ oʊ, -ˈrɛdʒ iˌoʊ, kɔrˈrɛd dʒɔ /

noun

1. Antonio Allegri da 1494–1534, Italian painter.

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Correggio British  

/ korˈreddʒo /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Correggio has not made our experience simple or painless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

In his time, Correggio was considered as important as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

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

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

Going down the price list, the second world record greeted a “Virgin and Child” by Correggio.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011

But these high qualities as portrait painters do not place Rembrandt and Velasquez on a level with Raphael, and Michelangelo, and Correggio.

From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Govett, Ernest