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Antonello da Messina Il condottiere 1475 Oil on panel 35 x 28 cm Paris, Louvre
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Antonello da Messina (1430-1479) painted
this anonymous man in Venice. Antonello was from Messina (Sicily) and was one of the
great portraitists of the Renaissance. He was educated at Naples and was the court
painter for King Alfonso of Aragon, King of Naples.
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