Antonello da Messina. Portrait of a man, circa 1475

Born c. 1430
Messina, Italy
Died February 1479
Messina, Italy
Nationality Italian

Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio (c. 1430 — February 1479) was a Sicilian painter active during the Italian Renaissance. His work shows strong influences from Early Netherlandish painting and, unusually for a painter from Southern Italy, he was influential on the art of North Italy, especially Venice.