Lorenzo Allegri was an inferior Italian painter of whom very little is known. He was uncle to the celebrated Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, and is said to have been his first instructor in the rules of art. In 1503 he painted a picture for the convent of San Francesco in Correggio

Correggio, Italy

Correggio is a small town and comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the Po valley. As of 2007 Correggio had an estimated population of 23,108....

, but no work by his hand is now known to exist. He died in 1527, leaving his property to his brother Pelligrino, and his nephew Antonio, by whom he was much beloved.