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Antonello da Messina

1430 - 1479

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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 and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Renaissance. His work shows strong influences from Early Netherlandish painting, although there is no documentary evidence that he ever travelled beyond Italy. Giorgio Vasari credited him with the introduction of oil painting into Italy, although this is now regarded as wrong. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonello da Messina is the 145th most popular painter (down from 138th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Italy (down from 490th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Italian Painter.

Antonello da Messina is most famous for his paintings of religious subjects. He was also a pioneer in the use of oil paint.

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Among painters, Antonello da Messina ranks 145 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Léon Gérôme, Edward Hopper, Émile Bernard, Lili Elbe, Man Ray, and Lavinia Fontana. After him are Édouard-Henri Avril, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, Frederic Leighton, Fernand Léger, and Filippino Lippi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Antonello da Messina ranks 2. Before him is Giovanni Bellini. After him are Margaret of Anjou, James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, Heinrich Kramer, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Cosimo Tura, Antoine Busnois, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, and Francesco Laurana. Among people deceased in 1479, Antonello da Messina ranks 1. After him are John II of Aragon, Eleanor of Navarre, Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou, Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Jorge Manrique, Antonio Rossellino, Luciano Laurana, and Alam Shah.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonello da Messina ranks 559 out of 5,161. Before him are Muzio Clementi (1752), Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Agapetus I (490), Lavinia Fontana (1552), and Elena Ferrante (1943). After him are Giosuè Carducci (1835), Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Ornella Muti (1955), Alberto Ascari (1918), and Petronius Maximus (396).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Antonello da Messina ranks 41. Before him are Simone Martini (1284), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), Zeuxis (-500), and Lavinia Fontana (1552). After him are Filippino Lippi (1457), Gentile Bellini (1429), Pinturicchio (1454), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Umberto Boccioni (1882), and Benozzo Gozzoli (1420).

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