Angelos Pitzamanos ( el, Άγγελος Πιτζαμάνος) (1467–1535) was a
Greek
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painter. The artists is sometimes referred to as Angelos Bitzamanos. He was born in
Crete
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and migrated to
Otranto
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,
Southern Italy
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where he did most of his work. A contract between
Andreas Pavias
Andreas Pavias ( el, Ανδρέας Παβίας 1440-1504/1512) was a Greek painter and educator. He was one of the founding fathers of the Cretan School, and his works influenced countless artists both Italian and Greek; paintings by Pavias co ...
and Pitzamanos illustrates that Pitzamanos was his apprentice. Angelos was a student of
Andreas Pavias
Andreas Pavias ( el, Ανδρέας Παβίας 1440-1504/1512) was a Greek painter and educator. He was one of the founding fathers of the Cretan School, and his works influenced countless artists both Italian and Greek; paintings by Pavias co ...
for five years (1482-1487). It is evident that his work featured both the Greek style and Italian style of the time. Pitzamanos later became a famous master.
History
Angelos was born on the island of Candia. His father's name was Nicholas. Both Angelos and his brother Donatos were active painters. Angelos studied under
Andreas Pavias
Andreas Pavias ( el, Ανδρέας Παβίας 1440-1504/1512) was a Greek painter and educator. He was one of the founding fathers of the Cretan School, and his works influenced countless artists both Italian and Greek; paintings by Pavias co ...
for five years. He traveled all over the
Venitian Empire painting for various patrons. Some of the works were signed by him and his brother.
Bizamanos painted a very famous triptych which was exhibited in Rome at the
Accoramboni Palace. The triptych was acquired by Henry Walters with the
Massarenti collection in 1902. The central panel features Christ and the Virgin. The left-wing shows Saint Jerome in the desert and the right features John the Baptist. The triptych was painted by Angelos Bitzamanos, an inscription on the inside left indicates ''Angelus/Bi/Zamanus/Pinxit''. Another form of his inscription was ''Angelus Bizamanus Grecus Cadiotus Pinxit in Otranto''. Some of these works are in the
Walters Art Museum
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Angelos was active in Crete, Dalmatia, and Italy. In 1518, he was commissioned to create an altarpiece for the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit in Komolac, Dalmatia, a colony of Venice. His brother Donata Bizamanos joined him. They painted together in Otranto and Barletta. Some other pieces included the ''Predella of Komolac'' and ''Icon of Visitation by Angles''.
[ Vassilaki, 2021, pp. 81-92]
Gallery
File:Angelo Bizamano Detail from Polyptych.png, Madonna Enthroned Detail from Pentecost Polyptych
File:Angelo bizamano, cristo alla colonna, 1510-20 ca. (san mauro forte, chiesa della ss. annunziata), 01.jpg, Christ on a Pole
File:Angelos Bitzamanos Madonna and Child.png, Madonna and Child
File:Bisceglie chiesa San Matteo 6.JPG, O Madonna di Costantinopoli
File:Angelos Pitzamanos The Adoration of the Magi.jpg, The Adoration of the Magi
See also
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Greek scholars in the Renaissance
The migration waves of Byzantine Greek scholars and émigrés in the period following the end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 is considered by many scholars key to the revival of Greek studies that led to the development of the Renaissance ...
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Madonna of Constantinople
References
1467 births
1535 deaths
Cretan Renaissance painters
Greek Renaissance humanists
15th-century Byzantine people
16th-century Greek people
15th-century Greek painters
16th-century Greek painters
Artists from Crete
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