Antonello da Messina

1425 - 1479

Antonello da Messina

1425 - 1479

Antonello da Messina was born in Messina on 1425-30 circa.
He trained at the workshop of Colantonio in Naples at the time of Alfonso I who welcomed artists from various backgrounds, especially from Flanders.

Antonello da Messina can be defined as one of the greatest Renaissance painters of southern Italy and exponent of Flemish painting in Italy. He made numerous trips between Venice, Milan, Provence and Rome.

Between 1460 and 1465, in Messina, his painting is characterized by the presence of Flemish and Provençal elements, for example in the Penitent Saint Jerome in the National Museum of Reggio Calabria and in the Portrait of a Virile Man in the Museum of Cefalù.

After this period, for about five years, he made other journeys of updating as shown by the works he produced: the Salvator Mundi in London, where we can see the knowledge of Piero della Francesca's works both in the volumetric sense and in the geometrical simplification of forms, without renouncing the typically Flemish colourism.

A perfect synthesis of the taste for the typically Flemish detail and spatial layout of Pierfrancesque is the Madonna and Child of the National Gallery in Washington.

Returned to Messina he produced numerous other works such as the Politico di San Gregorio preserved in the museum of Messina, the Annunciation today in a poor state of conservation and the San Girolamo in the studio.

One of Antonello's most famous works is the Annunciata, whose date is uncertain but which seems to date back to his trip to Venice in 1475 where he followed some works such as the San Sebastiano, perhaps part of the triptych of San Rocco in the church of San Giuliano.

Antonello da Messina was born in Messina on 1425-30 circa.
He trained at the workshop of Colantonio in Naples at the time of Alfonso I who welcomed artists from various backgrounds, especially from Flanders.

Antonello da Messina can be defined as one of the greatest Renaissance painters of southern Italy and exponent of Flemish painting in Italy. He made numerous trips between Venice, Milan, Provence and Rome.

Between 1460 and 1465, in Messina, his painting is characterized by the presence of Flemish and Provençal elements, for example in the Penitent Saint Jerome in the National Museum of Reggio Calabria and in the Portrait of a Virile Man in the Museum of Cefalù.

After this period, for about five years, he made other journeys of updating as shown by the works he produced: the Salvator Mundi in London, where we can see the knowledge of Piero della Francesca's works both in the volumetric sense and in the geometrical simplification of forms, without renouncing the typically Flemish colourism.

A perfect synthesis of the taste for the typically Flemish detail and spatial layout of Pierfrancesque is the Madonna and Child of the National Gallery in Washington.

Returned to Messina he produced numerous other works such as the Politico di San Gregorio preserved in the museum of Messina, the Annunciation today in a poor state of conservation and the San Girolamo in the studio.

One of Antonello's most famous works is the Annunciata, whose date is uncertain but which seems to date back to his trip to Venice in 1475 where he followed some works such as the San Sebastiano, perhaps part of the triptych of San Rocco in the church of San Giuliano.

Antonello da Messina was born in Messina on 1425-30 circa.
He trained at the workshop of Colantonio in Naples at the time of Alfonso I who welcomed artists from various backgrounds, especially from Flanders.

Antonello da Messina can be defined as one of the greatest Renaissance painters of southern Italy and exponent of Flemish painting in Italy. He made numerous trips between Venice, Milan, Provence and Rome.

Between 1460 and 1465, in Messina, his painting is characterized by the presence of Flemish and Provençal elements, for example in the Penitent Saint Jerome in the National Museum of Reggio Calabria and in the Portrait of a Virile Man in the Museum of Cefalù.

After this period, for about five years, he made other journeys of updating as shown by the works he produced: the Salvator Mundi in London, where we can see the knowledge of Piero della Francesca's works both in the volumetric sense and in the geometrical simplification of forms, without renouncing the typically Flemish colourism.

A perfect synthesis of the taste for the typically Flemish detail and spatial layout of Pierfrancesque is the Madonna and Child of the National Gallery in Washington.

Returned to Messina he produced numerous other works such as the Politico di San Gregorio preserved in the museum of Messina, the Annunciation today in a poor state of conservation and the San Girolamo in the studio.

One of Antonello's most famous works is the Annunciata, whose date is uncertain but which seems to date back to his trip to Venice in 1475 where he followed some works such as the San Sebastiano, perhaps part of the triptych of San Rocco in the church of San Giuliano.