biography
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Antonello da Messina
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pronunciation:
[antoneloh da mesee
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1430–79)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Messina, Sicily, S Italy. He was the only major 15th-c Italian artist to come from Sicily. An accomplished master of oil painting, he helped popularize the medium, his style being a delicate synthesis of the northern and Italian styles. In 1475 he was working in Venice where his work influenced Giovanni Bellini's portraits. His first dated work, the ‘Salvator Mundi’ (1465), and a self-portrait are in the London National Gallery. |
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