Faustino ANDERLONI (Brescia 1766 - Pavia 1847) "Dilexit Multum Luc.C7" (the ecstasy of Mary Magdalene) A rare original etching and engraving by a subject erroneously attributed to Antonio Allegri known as Correggio (Correggio 1489ca - March 1534) printed and published by the Florentine publisher Luigi Bardi in 1821, as specified by Pungileoni. Beautiful specimen in the fifth state of five with the dedication to Donna Rosalia Ventimiglia Moncada, printed with careful inking on unprocessed paper, complete with the imprint of the slab and with very small margins, on the verso some slight traces of an old bonding at the corners but overall in a generally perfect state of conservation. Specimens like ours are part of the collections of the British Museum in London and the Harvard Art Museums of Cambridge Massachussetts. In the collections of the Cariplo in Milan there is an oil painting on wood whose subject is almost entirely comparable to that of this engraving. Bibliography: Apell "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler" Leipzig 1880 pag.12 n ° 7. Meyer "Correggio" Leipzig 1871 page 500 n ° 612. Mussini "Correggio translated" Milan 1995 page 261 No. 592. Petrucci in the Biographical Dictionary of Italians Milan 1961 vol.3. Pungileoni "Historical Memories of Antonio Allegri known as Correggio" Parma 1821 vol.III pag.79. http://www.edixxon.com/fondcariplo/arte_class/02_opere/1104.html Measurements in mm: 295 x 215