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hotograph of an alleged portrait of Correggio in the Parma Gallery. 1. _The Holy Night._(_La Notte._) (Detail.) Painted at the order of Alberto Pratoneri for the altar of his chapel in the church of S. Prospero, Reggio. Agreement signed October 10, 1522. Stolen from the church May, 1640, and taken to Modena. Now in the Dresden Gallery. Size of whole picture: 8 ft. 5 in. by 6 ft. 2 in. 2. _St. Catherine Reading._ Conjectural date, 1526-1528. In Hampton Court Gallery. Size: 2 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 8 in. 3. _The Marriage of St. Catherine._ Date, according to Meyer, 1517-1519; according to Ricci, after 1522. Painted for the Grillenzoni family of Modena. After several transfers it came into the possession of Cardinal Mazarin, from whose heirs it was acquired for Louis XIV.'s collection and hence became a permanent possession of the Louvre Gallery, Paris. Size: 3 ft. 5-1/3 in. by 3 ft. 4 in. 4 and 5. _Ceiling Decoration_, and _Diana_, in the Sala del Pergolata, Convent of S. Paolo, Parma. Frescoes painted in 1518. 6, 7, and 8. _St. John the Evangelist_, _St. John and St. Augustine_, _St. Mark and St. Jerome_. Frescoes in the church of S. Giovanni Evangelista, Parma. Painted 1520-1525. 9. _The Rest on the Return from Egypt._ (_La Madonna della Scodella._) According to Pungileoni painted 1527-1528; according to Ricci, 1529-1530. The frame containing the picture is supposed to have been designed by Correggio himself. It bears the date 1530, when the picture was placed in the church of S. Sepolcro, Parma. Taken as French booty in 1796, but returned to Parma in 1816. Now in the Parma Gallery. Size: 7 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 6 in. 10. _Ecce Homo._ According to Ricci, painted during a visit to Correggio, 1521-1522; probably first belonged to the Counts Prati, of Parma. In the seventeenth century there were three pictures of the subject in Italy claiming to be the original. This picture was formerly in the Colonna family; now in the National Gallery, London. Size: 3 ft. 2-1/2 in. by 2 ft. 7-1/2 in. 11 and 12. _Apostles and Genii_, and _St. John the Baptist_. Frescoes in the Cathedral of Parma. Painted 1524-1530. 13. _Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene in the Garden._ (_Noli me tangere._) Assigned by Ricci to 1524-1526. Described by Vasari as the property of the Ercolani family of Bologna. Passing from one owner to another, it was finally presented to Philip IV. of Spain, and is now in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. Size: 1 ft
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