Iakovos Moskos or Moschos ( el, Ιάκωβος Μόσκος/Μόσχος, 1600s – 1700s) was a Greek painter. He shared the same name as three other famous Greek painters

Ioannis Moskos Ioannis Moskos ( el, Ιωάννης Μόσκος; 1635-44 – 1721) was a Greek painter that migrated to Venice. Two other very famous painters with the name Moskos were active around the same period Elias Moskos and Leos Moskos. Leos Moskos ...

Elias Moskos Ilias or Elias Moskos ( el, Ηλίας Μόσκος, 1620/1629- January 26, 1687) was a Greek educator, shipping merchant and painter from Crete. The last name Moskos was associated with three famous painters of the Cretan School alive during the ...

and

Leos Moskos Leo or Leos Moskos ( el, Λέος Μόσκος, 1620/30 – 1690) was a painter and educator. There were two other painters named Moskos active around the same period, Elias Moskos and Ioannis Moskos, who may have been his relatives. Indeed, L ...

. He was affiliated with

Saint Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...

. Moskos painted in the typical Greek style. He was active during Greek Rococo and the end of the baroque period in Greek art.

Ioannis Kornaros Ioannis Kornaros ( el, Ιωάννης Κορνάρος, 1745 – 1821) was a Greek painter. He was one of the few painters from Crete during the 19th century. He does not belong to the Cretan Renaissance but was influenced by the art. He ...

was exposed to his work while he was at the monastery. He was known for painting the Holy place of Mount Sinai the assumed location where Moses received the commandments. It is his most notable work. Eight of his paintings have survived.

History

Iakovos Moskos was born in

Astypalaia Astypalaia (Greek: Αστυπάλαια, ), is a Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census). It belongs to the Dodecanese, an archipelago of fifteen major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The island is long, wide at the most, and ...

. He was active during the early part of the eighteenth century 1700-1725. He eventually traveled to Mount Sinai and become a monk. There is no documented familial relationship between the other artists named Moskos but it is a possibility. The name was extremely popular at the time due to their massive artistic output. Moskos's painting of Mount Sinai became an extremely popular symbol of the Sinaitic monastery. He painted a view of Mount Sinai with scenes from the monastic life. The painting is a historical symbol of Mount Sinai in the early 1700s. The image also features wildlife. The panel is made with gold leaf and tempera. It measures 28.7 x 39.1 x 1.9 cm. The inscription reads ΘΕΟΒΑΔΙCΤΟΝ ΟΡΩC CΗΝΑ (God-Trodden Mount of Sinai) The painting is at the monastery.

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