Venus cupid and a satyr by Corregio

Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489–1534), usually known as just Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance His art foreshadowed the Rococo art of the 18th century with dynamic compositions and an illusory perspective. Known he was apprenticed to Francesco Bianchi Ferrari between 1503 and 1505, after which he traveled through Italy painting religious works, becoming increasingly renowned.