Thursday, May 17, 2012

Hovnatan Hovnatanian (1730-1801)

Ovnatan Hovnatanian was the son Agop Hovnatanian ( 1692-1757) and grand-son of Naghash Hovnatan (1661–1722). He was also court painter Irakli II.

Saint Hripsimeh
 The frescoes of Echmiadzin Cathedral, of which repainting had commenced in 1769, were completed during the time of Catholicos Ghugas I Garnetsi (of Erzurum. 1780-1799) by the miniaturist Hovnatan Hovnatanian.



Source
Armenian churches of Istanbul, Pars Tuğlacı - Pars Yayın, 1991

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