Antonello da Messina | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Man, possibly a self-portrait | |
| Born | Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio c. 1425–1430 |
| Died | February 1479 (aged 48–49) Messina, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Italian Renaissance |
Antonello da Messina (Italian pronunciation: [antoˈnɛllo da (m)mesˈsiːna]; c. 1425–1430 – February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni[1] and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Renaissance.
His work shows strong influences from Early Netherlandish painting, although there is no documentary evidence that he ever travelled beyond Italy.[2] Giorgio Vasari credited him with the introduction of oil painting into Italy,[3] although this is now regarded as wrong.[4] Unusually for a southern Italian artist of the Renaissance, his work proved influential on painters in northern Italy, especially in Venice.
- ^ Memorie istorico-critiche di Antonello degli Antonj pittore Messinese by Tommaso Puccini, Florence 1809.
- ^ Barbera 2005, p. 13.
- ^ Barbera 2005, p. 14.
- ^ Campbell, Caroline. "Saint Jerome in his Study' in 10 minutes". YouTube. National Gallery. Retrieved 24 April 2022.