Jacopo de Antonio; also called Jacobello Antonello, Jacobello da Messina'', or ''Iacobello di Antonello (c. 1456 – after 1482), was an Italian painter from Messina,

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, active during the

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. He was the son of

Antonello Da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...

. Jacobello may be the same as Pino da Messina.

Biography

The son of the painter Antonello Da Messina, Jacobello was probably born at Messina some time before 1457, and almost certainly traveled to

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with his father during the 1460s and 1470s. He was also active in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and is mentioned in his father's will of 1479. Few works are attributed to him. His only signed and dated work to survive is a ''Madonna and Child'', dated 1480, in the

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at Bergamo.

Alfonso Franco Alfonso Franco (1466–1524), was an Italian painter from Messina, Sicily, active during the Italian Renaissance. He was a pupil of Jacobello da Antonello, son of Antonello Da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di ...

of Messina is said to have been his pupil.

References

Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Messina {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub