Monumento al Correggio (Monument to Correggio) by Agostino Ferrari, 1870
Piazza Garibaldi
Parma, May 2024
“The monument dedicated to painter Antonio Allegri also known as Correggio is located next to the Town Hall palace in Garibaldi square. It was sculpted by Agostino Ferrari in 1870. It represents Correggio in the act of observing his own work by placing it with one hand above his knee while with the other placed close to his ear he holds a brush as if to correct his execution, he has been the subject of repeated misfortunes, as when his head while the sculptor was working on the statue or when the same head was struck by lightning in 1982 and fell tumbling to the ground.” (Correggio monument, Parma Welcome)
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