Antonello da Messina - Finestre sull'Arte

According to authoritative sources, the state would purchase Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo

It had been withdrawn a few hours before the Feb. 5 sale at Sotheby's: Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo , which was about to go to auction with an estimate of $10-15 million, was already shaping up to be one of this year's highlights on the market. An...
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A famous Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina at auction at Sotheby's: estimate of 15 million

It is sure to be one of the most important auctions of the year: an Ecce Homo by Antonello da Mess ina (Messina, c. 1430 - 1479) will go on sale at Sotheby 's in New York on February 5, with an estimate of €10-15 million. This is a rare sale that alr...
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Did the young Antonello da Messina work on the Triumph of Death in Palermo? The scholar's hypothesis

Could the young Antonello da Messina have been involved in the creation of the Triumph of Death in Palermo, one of the most renowned frescoes of the 15th century? This is the hypothesis of young art historian Riccardo Prinzivalli, a doctoral student ...
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MuME in Messina, the largest museum in southern Italy. Part two

Here the first part of the service. It's raining at the museum If much remains to be done on the front of the enhancement and fruition of the Messina museum, the first emergency is undoubtedly the structural one. For decades the museu...
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MuME in Messina, the largest museum in southern Italy. Part one

It is the largest museum in the South, the MuMe, Museo Regionale Interdisciplinare di Messina, with its 17,000 square meters compared to Capodimonte's 15,000 square meters. Along with its size, another strength compared to other large southern muse...
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Antonello da Messina returns to Pavia. Portraits illustrate painting between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

At the Visconti Castle in Pavia, the exhibition Beyond the Gaze is on view until March 29, 2020. Faces and Portraits in Italian Painting between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Antonello da Messina Returns to Pavia. The Ritratto d'uomo Malasp...
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Antonello da Messina in Milan: a useless, embarrassing and hagiographic exhibition

One of the first contributions we come across while scrolling through the catalog of the exhibition Antonello da Messina, on view at the Palazzo Reale in Milan until next June 2, is a paper by Roberto Alajmo, who, as is well known, is a writer an...
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Milan, 19 works by Antonello da Messina on display at Palazzo Reale

From February 21 to June 2, 2019, Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting Antonello da Messina, a monographic exhibition dedicated to one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, Antonello da Messina (Messina, 1430 - 1479): in the halls of the Milanese...
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