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          In the second half of the Fifteenth Century Antonello's portraiture reached a level never before seen in Italy.

        1. In the second half of the Fifteenth Century Antonello's portraiture reached a level never before seen in Italy.
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        4. In his biography of the artist, Giorgio Vasari remarked that Antonello.
        5. Antonello da Messina was born around in Messina, Sicily, to Giovanni de Antonio, a stonemason by trade, and Garita (probable diminutive of Margherita).

          6. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)

           

          Portraits

          Messina's particular genius was for portrait art - notably the single portrait depicting his subjects in three quarter view.

          His sitters display highly realistic expressions, and consequently make a connection with the viewer that few artists before managed to achieve. Portrait of a Man (c. 1460's, Museo della Fondazione Culturale Mandralisca, Cefalu, Sicily) is an excellent example.

          The subject has a mischievous look, and his knowing smile and side glance conveys a conspiratorial bond with the viewer.

          Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip to Flanders, was the most important.

          Messina's Portrait of a Man (c.1475, National Gallery, London) is a relatively late work. It is often thought to be a self-portrait, because of the direct gaze, as if painted while looking in a mirror. However, x-rays reveal that the painter originally painted the eyes turned to the side, which puts this theory into dispute.

          The attention to detail in this painting is comparable with Netherlandish portraits, and it dem