Male portraits by Antonello da Messina

Portrait of a Man is the conventional title of several male portraits by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina. Portrait of a Man (Pavia) One such painting is in the Town Museum of Pavia, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is signed in the Flemish manner by directly engraving the painter's name on the parapet in the lower foreground (instead of using a false glued panel), as with the Madrid portrait. Despite the sign, the similarity to Flemish portrait paintings and the poor state of preservation have caused some scholars to doubt the attribution to Antonello. The work has been dated to the 1460s based on the fashion of the subject's dress and headgear. Portrait of a Man (Madrid)