Antonello da Messina
Antonello da Messina Biography
Born c. 1430 in Messina, the painter Antonello for a long time was famed for having introduced oil painting to the Italian art. “Once this new secret that Antonello had brought from Flanders into the city of Milan had been understood, Antonello was admired and cherished by those magnificent noblemen for as long as he lived,” wrote Giorgio Vasari.
Antonello da Messina 18 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Christ Blessing.
1465. Oil on wood. 39 x 29.5 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
- A Young Man.
1474. Oil on wood. 51.4 x 33 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- St. Sebastian.
c.1475-76. Wood panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany. Read Note.
- St. Sebastian. Detail.
c.1475-76. Wood panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
- Crucifixion.
c.1475-76. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium. Read Note.
- St. Jerome In His Study.
c.1474-75. Wood panel. 46 x 36.5 cm. National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
- Virgin Annunciate.
c.1475. Oil on wood. 45 x 34.5 cm. Galletria Nazionale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy. Read Note.
- Madonna With The Saints Nicholas Of Bari, Anastasia, Ursula And Dominic...
1475/76. Oil on wood. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
- Portrait Of A Man.
1476. Wood panel. Museo Civico, Turin, Italy.
- A Young Man.
1478. Oil on wood. 20.4 x 14.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- Crucifixion.
Oil on wood. Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary. Read Note.
- Portrait Of A Man.
Oil on wood. 30 x 24 cm. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy.
- Madonna And Child.
Oil on wood. 43 x 34.5. National Gallery, London, UK.
- St. Jerome Praying.
Oil on wood. 41 x 31 cm. National Museum, Calabria, UK. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Unknown Man.
Oil on wood. 30 x 25 cm.
- The Annunciation.
170 x 170 cm. Detail. National Museum, Siracuse, Italy. Read Note.
- The Annunciation.
170 x 170 cm. Detail. National Museum, Siracuse, Italy. Read Note.
- Madonna And Child.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
Antonello da Messina Bibliography
Antonello da Messina. Old Italian Masters. by V. Lazarev. Moscow. 1972. (in Russian)
The Rescued Masterpieces. Publishing House The Soviet Painter. Moscow. 1977. (In Russian)
Antonello da Messina and his Portraits. by V.N. Graszhenko. Moscow. 1981. (in Russian)
Monumental Painting of Italian Renaissance. by I. Smirnova. Moscow. 1987. (in Russian)
The Art of the Italian Renaissance. Architecture. Sculpture. Painting. Drawing. Könemann. 1995.
Italian Painting. Artists and Their Masterpieces Throughout the Ages. Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft.1998.
The Lives of the Artistsby Giorgio Vasari. Peter Smith Publisher, 1993.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Antonello da Messina: Sicily's Renaissance Master by Gioacchino Barbera. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
