Correggio Quiz

1. What was Correggio’s original name?
  • Correct Answer: Antonio Allegri

2. Where was Correggio born?
  • Correct Answer: Correggio

3. Whose family chapel’s decoration did Correggio complete in Mantua?
  • Correct Answer: Andrea Mantegna

4. When was Correggio’s Madonna of St. Francis commissioned?
  • Correct Answer: 1514

5. Who secured for Correggio the appointment to decorate the dome of the church of S. Giovanni Evangelista?
  • Correct Answer: Giovanna de Piacenza

6. Which fresco is the culmination of Correggio’s career as a mural painter?
  • Correct Answer: Assumption of the Virgin

7. What nickname was given to Correggio’s altarpiece Adoration of the Shepherds?
  • Correct Answer: Night

8. What nickname was given to Correggio’s altarpiece Madonna of St. Jerome?
  • Correct Answer: Day

9. When did Correggio die?
  • Correct Answer: 5 March 1534

10. Where did Correggio die?
  • Correct Answer: Correggio
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