295. Antonello de Messina (c. 1430-1479), Italian,

Portrait of a Man known as the Condottiero, 1475.

Oil on wood panel, 36 x 30 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

 

 

This three-quarters view portrait on a dark background moves away from the profiles from the Early Renaissance. The face of the man is deeply individualised and betrays the influence of Flemish painters such as van Eyck or Campin.