Antonello da Messina
Italian painter (died 1479) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Antonello da Messina | |
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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 |
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.