Artists in Messina
The artists in Messina mentioned here include painters, sculptors and architects who worked in Messina from the 15th century . Many of the paintings and sculptures are now in the Museo Regionale di Messina .
painter
Antonello da Messina : The Annunciation
Girolamo Alibrandi : Peter
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio : Adoration of the Child
Giovanni Tuccari : Moses rescued from the waters
- Antonello da Messina (1430–1479), mainly church paintings
- Antonello de Saliba (1466–1535), nephew and pupil of Antonello da Messina
- Girolamo Alibrandi (1470–1524), also Raffaello da Messina, church paintings
- Antonio Giuffrè (1493–1543), pupil of Antonello da Messina
- Polidoro da Caravaggio (1495–1543), altarpieces and church paintings
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), works in the Museo Regionale di Messina
- Matthias Stomer (1600–1650), works in the Museo Regionale di Messina
- Mattia Preti (1613–1699), painting of the Madonna della Lettera, the patron saint of Messina
- Giovanni Tuccari (1667–1743), church paintings in the Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Nicola van Houbraken (1668–1720), works in various churches in Messina
The Flemish painter Colijn de Coter (1446–1538) was not active in Messina, but in Brussels and Antwerp. A fragment of a Descent from the Cross is in the Museo Regionale di Messina.
sculptor
Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli : Orion Fountain
Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli : Statues of the Apostles in the Cathedral
Giovanni Battista Mazzolo : Gothic portal of the cathedral
Andrea Calamech : Pulpit in the cathedral
- Antonello Gagini (1478–1536), figure in the Cappella di San Giovanni Battista in the cathedral
- Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (1507–1563), Orion Fountain, statues of the apostles in the cathedral
- Andrea Calamech (1524–1589), pulpit in the cathedral
- Rinaldo Bonanno (1545–1600), statue Gigante con cavallo in the cathedral
- Giovanni Battista Mazzolo (16th century), Cathedral portal figures and marble relief in the Cappella dei Canonici in the cathedral
Architects
Giacomo del Duca : Sacrament chapel in the cathedral
Andrea Calamech : Chiesa di San Gregorio
Guarino Guarini : San Annunziata dei Teatini
Giacomo Minutoli : Palazzata before 1908
- Giacomo del Duca (1520–1604), pupil of Michelangelo, city architect
- Andrea Calamech (1524–1589), Chiesa di San Gregorio
- Natale Masuccio (1568–1619), Jesuit architect, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà
- Guarino Guarini (1624-1683), San Annunziata dei Teatini
- Simone Gullì , (17th century), architect of the Palazzata
- Giacomo Minutoli (1765–1827), architect of the Palazzata