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Antonello da Messina

American  
[ahn-taw-nel-law dah mes-see-nah] / ˌɑn tɔˈnɛl lɔ dɑ mɛsˈsi nɑ /

noun

  1. Antonello di Giovanni degli Antonj, 1430?–79, Sicilian painter.


Antonello da Messina British  
/ ˌæntəˈnɛləʊ /

noun

  1. ?1430–?79, Italian painter, born in Sicily. His paintings include St Jerome in His Study and Portrait of a Man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Other depictions of Saint Jerome by artists including Antonello da Messina and Domenico Ghirlandaio are similarly lavish in picturing the perfect study.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020

Antonello da Messina, who was in Venice in the mid 1470s, was also an influence, as was Alvise Vivarini.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2010

Vasari, the first writer on Italian art, awards the invention to Giovanni da Bruggia, and gives an account of its first introduction into Italy by Antonello da Messina, as we shall presently see.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

Antonello da Messina brought his method of oil-painting into the city in 1470, and Gian Bellini learned something at Padua from Andrea Mantegna.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

This characteristic may perhaps be attributed to the recent influence of the works of Giovanni Bellini and Antonello da Messina.

From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by Williamson, George C.

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