Antonello da Messina (c.
1430-
1479) was a
Sicilian painter active during the Italian Renaissance. He is believed to have been a pupil of
Colantonio[?] in Naples. His oil painting technique suggests that he spent time in
Flanders, with its interest in light and cast shadows. His influence can be seen in the works of
Piero della Francesca,
Giovanni Bellini and other
Venetian painters.
His best known works include:
- Portrait of a Young Man (c.1470)
- Il Condottiere (http://www.louvre.fr/anglais/collec/peint/mi0693/peint_f.htm) (1475) - wood panel (in the Louvre)
- Christ Crucified (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1166) (1475)
- St. Jerome in his Study (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1418) (c.1475)
- Portrait of a Man (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1141) (c.1475) - oil on poplar
- Madonna with Saints Nicholas of Bari, Anastasia, Ursula and Dominic (http://www.khm.at/system2E.html?/staticE/page237.html) (San Cassiano Altarpiece) (c.1475-76)
- St Sebastian (1476-77)
- Christ Crowned with Thorns (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/eusts/ho_32.100.82.htm) - oil on wood
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Antonello da Messina in his Lives.