Ioannis Kossos ( el, Ιωάννης Κόσσος; 1822–1875) was a Greek

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of the 19th century. Born in Tripoli, he later studied in

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and

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. His work includes several statues and busts in Athens, Patras and other Greek cities. Kossos died in Athens.

Gallery

File:Ιωάννης Κόσσος Кнез Милош Обреновић 1860.jpg, Bust of Milos Obrenovic File:Adelais Ristori by Ioannis Kossos.jpg, Bust of Adelais Ristori File:I Nykta by Ioannis Kossos.jpg, The Night File:Ioannis Kapodistrias bust.jpg, Ioannis Kapodistrias File:Rigas Ferraios - Ioanis Kosos.JPG, Rigas Ferraios File:Αρχοντικό Αργυρού 1362.jpg, Bust of Athanasios Diakos (1872) File:Αρχοντικό Αργυρού 1363.jpg, Bust of Georgios Karaiskakis (1872) File:Evangelis Zappas Zappeion Athens, Greece.jpg, Evangelos Zappas File:Ρήγας Φεραίος, 1867 Συλλογή Φ.Σ.Π.jpg, Rigas Feraios 1867 File:Rigas Feraios.JPG, Rigas Feraios File:Panemistimio 2012 09.JPG, Rigas Feraios File:Adamantios Korais statue Athens.jpg, Statue of Adamantios Korais

References

* Στέλιος Λυδάκης: "Οι Έλληνες Γλύπτες – Η νεοελληνική γλυπτική: ιστορία – τυπολογία – λεξικό γλυπτών", τόμ. 5ος, σελ. 364 – 365, Εκδοτικός οίκος "ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ", Αθήνα, 1981. * Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Πάπυρος – Λαρούς – Μπριτάνικα, λήμμα "Κόσσος, Ιωάννης" (κείμενο Μ. Στεφανίδης), τόμ.35, σελ. 274, Εκδόσεις Πάπυρος, Αθήνα, 1996. * «ΕΛΛΑΣ» (Η ιστορία και ο πολιτισμός του Ελληνικού Έθνους από τις απαρχές μέχρι σήμερα), τόμος 2ος, σελ. 602, Εκδοτικός Οργανισμός «Πάπυρος», Αθήνα, 1998. * Ζέττα Αντωνοπούλου: « Τα γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834 – 2004», σελ. 25, 28, 30, 34, 38, 132 & 203 – 204, α΄ έκδοση, Εκδόσεις «Ποταμός», Αθήνα, 2003.

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* 1822 births 1875 deaths Greek sculptors People from Tripoli, Greece 19th-century sculptors 19th-century Greek sculptors {{Greece-sculptor-stub