Portrait Of A Young Man — Antonello Di Giovanni Di Antonio (antonello Da Messina)

Portrait of a Young Man

Admire 'Portrait of a Young Man' by Antonello da Messina – a stunning 1480 Renaissance masterpiece. Explore its elegant style & historical significance.


antonello di giovanni di antonio (antonello da messina) (1430 - 1479)

Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479) was a pioneering Italian Renaissance painter known for his realistic portraits, masterful use of oil paint, and integration of Early Netherlandish techniques into Sicilian art. Influential to Venetian painting.

Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young man with pale, rosy skin and curly, mahogany-red hair, looks at or toward us against a black background in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our left, and he turns his face slightly to look our way with sienna-brown eyes under curved eyebrows. He has a long, prominent nose and small thin pink lips. His shoulder length hair curls tightly around his face and covers his ears. He wears a tomato-red shirt with a high collar trimmed with white.