Heads of the Blessing Christ and Four Angels

after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534). Oil painting on canvas, Heads of the Blessing Christ and Four Angels after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534), 17th century. Study of five heads, the central figure of Christ turned three-quarters to right gazing upwards, his right hand raised in benediction; one head to his right, three heads to his left. Said to be a copy of a detail of Correggio's destroyed fresco of The Coronation of the Virgin, which was once in the apse of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, but was destroyed as early as 1586. Attingham Park, Shropshire (Accredited Museum)