Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Renaissance. 1430 – 1479; died at about 48. Alive at the same time as Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Erasmus, and François Villon. Wiki link