Early Life and Training
Antonello was born at Messina around 1429-1431, to Giovanni de Antonio Mazonus and Garita (Margherita).
In about 1450, according to a letter written in 1524 letter by the Neapolitan humanist Pietro Summonte he was a pupil of the painter Niccolò Colantonio at Naples ]], where Netherlandish painting was then fashionable. This account of his training is accepted by most art historians.
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