16th century follower of Antonello da Messina... Lot 6

16th century follower of Antonello da Messina (Messina 1430 circa - 1479) Christ at the column Oil on panel 32 x 21 cm The work follows the panel of identical subject painted by Antonello da Messina in 1473, 48.5 × 38 cm, kept in Piacenza at the Collegio Alberoni, of which there is at least another version kept in Genoa, in the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola. Variants of the same subject are present at the Louvre in Paris and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Copies of the period are present in various museums in the world, among which the Gallerie dell' Accademia in Venice. Antonello da Messina did apprenticeship in Naples at Colantonio, between 1445 and 1455. Two years later, at the age of 27, he was an independent painter. After the Neapolitan formative period he returned almost stably to Messina, even if it should be remembered the important two-year period in Venice (1475-76), where his influence coincided with the beginning of the Renaissance, thanks in particular to Giovanni Bellini and Vittore Carpaccio. He was certainly also in Milan, and it is quite unlikely that he stayed in Flanders to have learned from Jan van Eyck and his brother Hubert, as reported by Vasari to justify the Flemish afflatus of his painting. According to tradition, Antonello was the first Italian painter to use oil painting, as well as to execute three-quarter portraits, thanks to his knowledge of the technique and uses of the Flemish. Follower of Antonello da Messina (Messina c. 1430 - 1479) of the 16th century Christ at the column Oil on panel 32 x 21 cm The artwork is inspired by the panel of the same subject painted by Antonello da Messina in 1473, 48,5 × 38 cm, kept in Piacenza at the Collegio Alberoni, of which there is at least another version kept in Genoa, in the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola. Variants of the same subject can be found in the Louvre in Paris and in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Period copies are present in several museums around the world, including the Galleries of the Academy of Venice.