1430 - 1479
Antonello da Messina (Italian pronunciation: [antoˈnɛllo da (m)mesˈsiːna]; c. 1425–1430 – February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Renaissance. His work shows strong influences from Early Netherlandish painting, although there is no documentary evidence that he ever travelled beyond Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonello da Messina has received more than 289,207 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Antonello da Messina is the 156th most popular painter (up from 161st in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from Italy (down from 547th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Painter.
Antonello da Messina is most famous for his paintings of religious subjects. He was also a pioneer in the use of oil paint.
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Among painters, Antonello da Messina ranks 156 out of 1,421. Before him are Otto Dix, Lavinia Fontana, Utamaro, Gentile Bellini, William Hogarth, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are Maurice Utrillo, Frédéric Bazille, Jacob Jordaens, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Boudin, and James Ensor.
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 150
1552 - 1614
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 151
1753 - 1806
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 152
1429 - 1507
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 153
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 154
1628 - 1682
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 155
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 156
1883 - 1955
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 157
1841 - 1870
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 158
1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 159
1824 - 1904
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 160
1824 - 1898
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 161
1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1430, Antonello da Messina ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Bellini and Margaret of Anjou. After him are James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Heinrich Kramer, Cosimo Tura, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Justus van Gent, and Francesco Laurana. Among people deceased in 1479, Antonello da Messina ranks 1. After him are John II of Aragon, Eleanor of Navarre, Jorge Manrique, Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Antonio Rossellino, and Luciano Laurana.
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 1
1430 - 1482
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 2
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 3
1430 - 1460
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 4
1430 - 1490
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 5
1430 - 1456
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 6
1430 - 1495
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 7
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 8
1430 - 1495
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 9
1430 - 1506
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 10
1430 - 1480
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 11
1430 - 1502
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 12
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1
1398 - 1479
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 2
1426 - 1479
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 3
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 4
1417 - 1479
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 5
1427 - 1479
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 6
1420 - 1479
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 7
Among people born in Italy, Antonello da Messina ranks 561 out of 4,668. Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Salvatore Adamo (1943), Pope Leo VII (900), Charles Ponzi (1882), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), and Louis II of Italy (825). After him are Benedetto Croce (1866), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Julia the Elder (-39), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Rudolph Valentino (1895), and Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549).
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 555
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 556
900 - 939
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 557
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 558
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 559
825 - 875
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 560
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 561
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 562
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 563
39 BC - 14
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 564
1782 - 1866
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 565
1895 - 1926
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 566
1549 - 1609
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 567
Among painters born in Italy, Antonello da Messina ranks 44. Before him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Pontormo (1494), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Filippino Lippi (1457), Lavinia Fontana (1552), and Gentile Bellini (1429). After him are Giulio Romano (1499), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Agostino Carracci (1557), John William Waterhouse (1849), Pietro da Cortona (1596), and Fra Bartolomeo (1472).
1486 - 1530
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 38
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 39
1290 - 1348
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 40
1457 - 1504
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 41
1552 - 1614
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 42
1429 - 1507
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 43
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 44
1499 - 1546
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 45
1720 - 1778
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
1557 - 1602
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 47
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 48
1596 - 1669
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 49
1472 - 1517
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 50