San Cassiano Altarpiece [SEP] creator
San Cassiano Altarpiece
The San Cassiano Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina, dating to 1475–1476. Commissioned for the church of San Cassiano in Venice, it was disassembeld in the early 17th-century and the reunited central portion is now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It was one of the most influential paintings in the Veneto area of the time.
History.
It is unknown when it was disassembeld or why, but it was already in fragments when parts of it were documented
until the fall of 1476. His works of this period begin to show a greater attention to the human figure, regarding both anatomy and expressivity, indicating the influence of Piero della Francesca and Giovanni Bellini. His most famous pictures from this period include the "Condottiero" (Louvre), the "San Cassiano Altarpiece" and the "St. Sebastian". The "San Cassiano Altarpiece" was especially influential on Venetian painters, as it was one of the first of the large compositions in the "sacra conversazione" format which