Painters from Western Macedonia active in the Romanian Principalities. The brothers Ioannis and Georgios (floruerunt c. 1640-1655)

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Published: Aug 4, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.26222
Keywords:
Seventeenth century mural painting icon painting western Macedonian painters Wallachia Moldavia Kiev Russia Meletios Syrigos.
Elisabeta NEGRĂU
Researcher, Romanian Academy, G. Oprescu Art History Institute, Department of Medieval Art
Abstract
The study analyses the works of two virtually unknown Greek painters from the mid-seventeenth century. The names of the two painters, the brothers Ioannis and Georgios, are known from a letter addressed to Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, dated July 25 1655, in which they enumerate several churches they painted in Kiev and Wallachia: Berestovo, Căldărușani, Brebu, Strehaia, Cornățel, Plumbuita, Plătărești, Soveja. The study concludes that the two painters were trained in (nowadays) Western Macedonia. It also discusses the connections between the two painters, their patrons and the theologian Meletios Syrigos.
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