Tag: Antonello da Messina

Ritratto d’uomo (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1475–1476 Oil on poplar, 35.6 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting shows how Antonello revolutionised Venetian portraiture in the late fifteenth century: the three-quarter pose, dark background and…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1472-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1472–1476 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1475-1480)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1475–1480 Tempera and oil on panel, 33 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Antonello da Messina. Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1470)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on wood, 27 x 20.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Trained in Naples in the Netherlandish technique of oil painting, Antonello set the standard for…

Pietà (1474-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pietà (Dead Christ Supported by Three Angels) 1474–1476 Oil on panel, 115 x 85.5 cm Museo Correr, Venezia

Pala di San Cassiano (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on wood Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Left side: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene, 55.9 x 35 cm Center: Madonna, 115 x 65 cm Right side: Saint Ursula…

Madonna Benson (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Benson (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Oil and tempera on panel, 58.1 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman embraces a baby in this vertical painting. They both have…

Gregorius I (Papa)

Saint Gregory the Great (c.540–604) Pope Gregorius I (590–604) Saint Gregory in Art: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina     Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi c.1625–1626 National Gallery, London     Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Santi…

Madonna del Rosario (1473)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna del Rosario (Madonna of the Rosary Enthroned) 1473 Oil on panel, 129 x 76 cm Museo Regionale, Messina Image: Web Gallery of Art This is the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)…