Ambrozije or Amvrosije Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Амброзије/Амвросије Јанковић; born around 1730 in Sečuj, a village in Hungary) was a Serbian painter-iconographer.

Life and work

He was educated at

Szentendre Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Open- ...

in the Seminary of Bishop Vasilije Dimitrijević (1728-1748) of the

Eparchy of Buda The Eparchy of Buda ( sr, Будимска епархија or ) is a diocese or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, having jurisdiction over the territory of Hungary. The seat of the eparchy is in Szentendre ( sr, Сентандреја or ...

and then went to study art at the

atelier An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or v ...

of Jov Vasilijevič in

Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danub ...

. In 1760 he became a monk and settled in the

Rakovac Monastery The Rakovac Monastery ( sr, Манастир Раковац, Manastir Rakovac) is a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery of Rakovac with its c ...

, located in

Srem Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...

, where he wrote that he was an artist and icon painter and that in 1760 he received 6 ''ducats'' in prize money for his work. He learned his art under the tutelage of Baroque painter Jov Vasiljevič who was the court painter of Patriarch

Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta ( sr-cyr, Арсеније IV Јовановић Шакабента, ; 1698 – 18 January 1748) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1725 to 1737 and Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Habsbu ...

. In the church in Kamenica he painted in 1760, the Annunciation, Christ and the Mother of God, the Coronation of the Mother of God, and the Hymn of the Mother of God: ''O Tebje Raduljetsja''. Afterward, he worked at

Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...

and Rakovica Monastery, his most important work. It is known that in late 1771 he started painting in the dining room of the Vrdnik Monastery on the theme of the

Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...

, which he painted and finished in 1776 after more than four years of work. It is one of the most interesting works of the last of monk-painters, of this new style. Stylistically Ambrozije Janković's frescoes have both the elements of medieval and

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

painting, giving him an honored place in the line of great Serbian artists

Jakov Orfelin Jakov Orfelin (Cyrillic Serbian: Јаков Орфелин, born in Vukovar or Sremski Karlovci, Habsburg monarchy, c. mid-eighteenth century – Arad, Habsburg Monarchy, 20 October 1803) was a Serbian Baroque painter. He made iconostasis ...

Zaharije Orfelin Zaharije Orfelin ( sr-Cyrl, Захаријe Орфелин; 1726 – 19 January 1785) was a Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Austrian Monarchy and Venice. Works *''Pesan novosadelanuje za gradjanku gospodicnu Femku'', between ...

Teodor Kračun Teodor Dimitrijević ( sr-cyr, Теодор Димитријевић; 1730–10 April 1781), known as Teodor Kračun (Теодор Крачун) was a Serbian icon and altar painter. Biography He was born at Sremska Kamenica in 1730. His origin ...

Teodor Ilić Češljar Teodor Ilić Češljar ( sr-cyr, Теодор Илић Чешљар) was a Serbian Rococo, late baroque painter from Vojvodina (then part of the Austrian Empire) best known for being the creator of the ''Royal Doors'' from Ostojićevo. Biography � ...

and other academy-educated painters of that time.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jankovic, Amvrosije Serbian painters 1730s births Year of death missing 1748 deaths 1728 births

Life and work

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