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Manuel Panselinos

Manuel Panselinos
“Portrait of Panselin, drawn by Mr. Blagoveshchensky, a companion of Rev. Porphyry of the Assumption, from a fresco painted, according to legend, by Panselin himself in the porch of the Protaton Church and transferred from here to a cell by the monk painter Damaskin. (From the papers of Reverend Porfiry Ouspensky).”[1]
BornImmanuel Panselinos
late 13th century
Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Byzantine Empire
Diedearly 14th century
Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Byzantine Empire
Known forIconography and hagiography
Notable workMount Athos: Protaton Church (13th century)
Lavra Monastery (13th century)
Vatopedi Monastery (14th century)
MovementPalaeologan Renaissance and Macedonian school

Manuel Panselinos (Greek: Μανουήλ Πανσέληνος) was a Byzantine painter and writer of the Palaeologan Renaissance, known for introducing pathos into frescos, murals and especially icons from the 13th and 14th centuries. He was active in the region of Macedonia, and was widely considered to be the most prominent and influential figure of the palaeologan renaissance and the Macedonian school of painting centered at the Empire's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.[2]

  1. ^ https://rusneb.ru/catalog/000199_000009_02000026745/?ysclid=m28yj5dj6s405706263
  2. ^ Tsigaridas, Euth. N. (2003). Manuel Panselinos from the Holy Church of the Protaton. Athens, Greece: Hagioritiki Estia. p. 5.

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