Title: Portrait of a Man
Description: Portrait of a Man is a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina, housed in the Town Museum of Pavia Lombardy, northern Italy. The picture is signed according to the Flemish habit, by directly engraving the painter's name on the parapet in the lower foreground (instead of using a false glued panel), like the Madrid portrait. Despite the sign, the strict nearness to the Flemish portrait art and the poor state of preservation have pushed some scholars to doubt about the attribution to Antonello. The work has been dated to the 1460s basing on the fashion of the subject's dress and headgear.
Author(s): Antonello da Messina