Focus on Madonna of the Basket (Correggio) and discuss the History.
This small painting, intended for private devotion, was enthusiastically mentioned in Giorgio Vasari's Le Vite: "Beautiful to admire, by the hand of Correggio, in which Our Lady places a chemise over Baby Jesus." Its provenance is mentioned by Vasari as entering Parma in the first half of the 1500s, brought by French knight Chevalier de Bayard, a client of Parmigianino and an art collector of the time. 
Probably thanks to this approving mention, the work was appreciated by the bishop Federico Borromeo, who wished for a copy for his Milan collection and entrusted the task to an illuminator Gerolamo Marchesini. For similar reasons, Diana Scultori in Rome around 1577 created an engraving copy that contributed to the diffusion of the painting's fame. Also from Rome, Federico Barocci created a copy similar to the Madonna Albani.
Giorgio Vasari Parmigianino Federico Barocci Baby Jesus Diana Scultori Gerolamo Marchesini Correggio Chevalier de Bayard Federico Borromeo