Antonello da Messina
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)
- The unidentified man called the Condottiere (illustration, right), dated 1475. It clearly shows the influence of Flemish painters, and perhaps of the camera lucida technique.
- (1475)
- (c.1475)
- (c.1475) - oil on poplar
- (San Cassiano Altarpiece) (c.1475-76)
- St Sebastian (1476-77)
- - oil on wood
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Antonello da Messina in his Lives.
