Saint Phanourios, (second quarter of 15th c)
The Collection of Agia Aikaterini, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Angelos Akotantos was a 15th-century Byzantine-Cretan Icon-painter and hagiographer who lived and worked at Heraklion, Crete, then part of the Republic of Venice. He was the first hagiographer to sign his name on his icons by writing in Greek: “Χειρ Αγγέλου” which, translated in English, means “By hand of Angelos”.
Angelos Akotantos’ known works consist of about 50 pieces, 30 of which are signed icons and an additional 20 which have been reliably attributed to the artist. Akotantos had a workshop in Candia, the capital of Crete, from which he supplied icons to Greek churches and monasteries on Crete, Patmos, Rhodes and elsewhere…
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