Mkrtum Hovnatanian (1779-1846)

Mkrtum Hovnatanian was born in a family of Hovnatanian ( Famous Armenian artists) . As the son of Ovnatan Hovnatanian, lived and worked in Tbilisi.He painted religious paintings, executed a series of images of the Armenian kings and generals.

Portrait of a priest (unknown)

Photo is from National Gallery of Armenia, Gallery.Am

Sources
"Popular Art Encyclopedia" 2nd book, publishing house "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1986 
 M. Kazarian "Artists Hovnatanian" Moscow, 1969

Naghash Hakob Hovnatanian (1692-1757)

Naghash Hakob Hovnatanian was a son and student of Hovnatan Nagash, was born in Yerevan, from 1710 lived in Tiflis. Together with his father ( Hovnatan Nagash )and brother (Harutyun Hovnatanian (1706 -?)  painted a Cathedral in Echmiadzin and a few churches in Yerevan.He was also a miniaturist which was tradition for his family.




Sources 
"Popular Art Encyclopedia" 2nd book, publishing house "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1986 
M. Kazarian "Artists Hovnatanian" Moscow, 1969

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