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Victor
Victor Self Portrait
Born?
Crete or Venice
Died1555
NationalityGreek
Movement Italian Renaissance

Victor ( Greek: Βίκτωρ, ?-1555) was a Greek painter in Venice active during the middle part of the 16th century. The only surviving painting is his self portrait. He was a painter during the High Renaissance. He drastically escaped the maniera greca. He is comparable to Ioannis Permeniates. [1]

History

Victor was probably born in Venice or Crete. His father's name was Ioannis. In 1537, he was chosen by the Venetian authorities to fight in the Third Ottoman-Venetian War. He made out a will on July 10, 1537, the will begins: Ego Victor filius q. ser Johannis Greci, pictor de Conflnio Sancii Musis, iturum in classem. In 1539, O Vetto depentor was a soldier until 1540. On July 15, 1555, Victor the painter and son of Ioannis was a member of the church of Saint Moses. In the archives, it stated that Vettorello depentor died. The painting is in Giustiniani-Reganati collection in Venice. The painting is signed ΕΙΣ ΑΦΚΖ' ΜΙΝΙ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ ΚΗ, ΧΕΙΡ βΙΤΟΡΕ [1] [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hatzidakis 1987, p. 191.
  2. ^ Lucco, Mauro; Pontani, Anna (1997). "Greek Inscriptions on Two Venetian Renaissance Paintings". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 60: 121–129.

Bibliography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victor
Victor Self Portrait
Born?
Crete or Venice
Died1555
NationalityGreek
Movement Italian Renaissance

Victor ( Greek: Βίκτωρ, ?-1555) was a Greek painter in Venice active during the middle part of the 16th century. The only surviving painting is his self portrait. He was a painter during the High Renaissance. He drastically escaped the maniera greca. He is comparable to Ioannis Permeniates. [1]

History

Victor was probably born in Venice or Crete. His father's name was Ioannis. In 1537, he was chosen by the Venetian authorities to fight in the Third Ottoman-Venetian War. He made out a will on July 10, 1537, the will begins: Ego Victor filius q. ser Johannis Greci, pictor de Conflnio Sancii Musis, iturum in classem. In 1539, O Vetto depentor was a soldier until 1540. On July 15, 1555, Victor the painter and son of Ioannis was a member of the church of Saint Moses. In the archives, it stated that Vettorello depentor died. The painting is in Giustiniani-Reganati collection in Venice. The painting is signed ΕΙΣ ΑΦΚΖ' ΜΙΝΙ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ ΚΗ, ΧΕΙΡ βΙΤΟΡΕ [1] [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hatzidakis 1987, p. 191.
  2. ^ Lucco, Mauro; Pontani, Anna (1997). "Greek Inscriptions on Two Venetian Renaissance Paintings". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 60: 121–129.

Bibliography


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