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Portrait of a Man (Antonello da Messina, London)

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analysis has shown that the eyes originally looked in a different direction. It was at one time considered a self-portrait, but that is no longer believed to be the case. The work may once have included a parapet with a signature, similar to several of Antonello's other portraits, but which was cut
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panel, measures 35.6 cm × 25.4 cm (14.0 in × 10.0 in). It portrays an unknown man, whose garments belonged to the middle-upper class of the time. He wears a leather blouse, under which a white shirt is visible, and a red cloth cap. Antonello uses layers of colour with
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graduations of tones to build up a portrait with a realistic three-dimensional appearance. The composition, a strongly illuminated and tightly cropped three-quarters view set against a dark background, departs from the Italian tradition of the time, and is derived from the
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The work is one of twelve surviving portraits by Antonello, all bust-length head-and-shoulders views of men and mostly against dark backgrounds. The painting was bought by the
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off later. It has been suggested that this late work could be a self-portrait.
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25.5 cm × 35.5 cm (10.0 in × 14.0 in)
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is an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance artist
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Antonello da Messina
National Gallery, London
Antonello da Messina
National Gallery, London
lire
poplar
Flemish school
Petrus Christus
Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban
National Gallery
X-ray
Italian 5,000 lire note issued from 1979 to 1983
lire
Male portraits by Antonello da Messina
Page at museum's official website
ISBN
88-451-7212-0
Antonello da Messina: Sicily's Renaissance Master
v
t
e
Antonello da Messina
Saint Jerome and Abraham panels
Salting Madonna
San Gregorio Polyptych
Virgin Annunciate
Annunciation
Saint Jerome in His Study
Calvary

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