Nikoghayos ( 17th Century )

The Descent of the Holv Spirit at Pentecost, from the Gospels painted by the artist Nikoghayos, Crimea, 1658. The British Library, ms. Or. 13895, f. 13a.
 
The scribe and artist of this manuscript is Nikoghayos, calling himself dsaghkarar or melanawor. He was the principal scribe of the Crimean school, and active from the 1640s up to his death in 1693.He worked mainly in the scriptorium attached to the Church of St Sargis at Theodosia (Kaffa), and in Surkhat. Between the years 1647 and 1693 he copied and illuminated over 34 manuscripts.


Sources
The Bible in the Armenian Tradition - 64. Page
Treasures from the Ark: 1700 years of Armenian Christian art - 189. Page

Evargis ( 11th Century )

Last Supper from the Gospels by the Evargis, Taron, 1038

Sources
L'art armenien de l'ourartou a nos jours : oct. 1970-jan. 1971
An annotated list of Armenian New Testament manuscripts bz Erroll Franklin Rhodes
Dept. of Christian Studies, Rikkyo University, 1959 - Bible - 192 pages

Etchmiadzin Gospels

Annunciation to thе Virgin, Etchmiadzin Gospels, 6th-7th century.

Jirayr Zorthian ( 1911-2004 )

The Shipwreck, suggested by the burning of the Murro Castle, was painted by Jirayr Hamparzoom Zorthian, an Armenian who worked his way through Yale's School of Fine Arts doing carpentry and posing for art classes.

Jirayr used to be a wrestler.He attended anatomy classes at Yale's medical school, dissected a cadaver to study muscles for figures in this picture. Since graduating in 1936, Jirayr has been continuously employed painting murals.

From
LIFE - 12 Feb 1940