Sicilian Art - Sicilian Artists

Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479)

Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479): Portrait of Christ at the column (1476, now in Louvre). Incredible details. Antonello da Messina is Sicily's great renaissance painter.

 

Christ Blessing by Antonello da Messina. The painting can be seen in room 26 at the National Gallery in London.

 

Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479): Portrait, maybe of a sailor (?). Now in Museo Mandralisca, Cefalù.

 

Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate (1474). In Galleria Regionale, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo. Antonello da Messina is Sicily's great Reneaissance painter.

 

 

Giovanni Battista Marino

Acireale's San Sebastiano has one of the most beautiful baroque facades in Sicily. The statues are by Giovanni Battista Marino (1754)