The Onufri Iconographic Museum ( sq, Muzeu Ikonografik "Onufri") is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n national museum dedicated to

Byzantine art Byzantine art comprises the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from the decline of Rome and lasted u ...

and iconography in

Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in ...

. The museum is located inside the Church of the Dormition of St Mary in the castle quarter

.Nomination file Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
UNESCO The museum was named to honor

Onufri Onufri Argitis or Onoufrios of Neokastro or Onoufrios Argytes ( el, Ονούφριος) was a 16th century painter of Orthodox icons and Archpriest of Elbasan, active in the 16th century in modern-day southern Albania and in the south-western re ...

, a painting Headmaster of the 16th century. The museum features on display 173 objects chosen among 1500 objects belonging to the found of Albanian Churches and Monasteries as well as to Berat.

History

Collection

The collection of the museum consists of 176 objects, 106 of which are

icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

s and 67 are liturgical objects, and belong to the iconographic Albanian painters who created in the 14th - 20th centuries: *

*Nikola (Onufri’s son) *Onouphrios Cypriotes *

David Selenica David Selenica (; 17th century18th century), also commonly known as Selenicasi, was an Albanians, Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine art, Post-Byzantine period in the seventeenth century. He is regarded as one of the ...

Kostandin Shpataraku Kostandin Shpataraku (; 17361767), also commonly known as Shpataraku, was an Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine period in the eighteenth century. He continued to combine Byzantine tradition with influences from the ...

*Çetiri’s (or Katro) tribe (Gjergj, Nikolla, Johani, Naumi, Gjergji junior) *Many other anonymous painters.

Gallery

File:Mary and Child.jpg, Mary and Child. Icon by Onufri (Onuphrios). 16th century. File:Onufri Christus.JPG, Icon by Onufri. Cathedral of

. File:Apostel_Petrus_(Nikolla_Onufri).jpg, Icon of the Apostle

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupat ...

, painted by Nikolla, son of Onufri, second half of the 16th century. Today Onufri-Museum Berat. File:Konstantin_%26_Helena.jpg, The Roman Emperor

Constantine I Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

with his mother

Helena of Constantinople Flavia Julia Helena ''Augusta'' (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, ; grc-gre, Ἑλένη, ''Helénē''; AD 246/248– c. 330) was an '' Augusta'' and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine th ...

, who has found the relic of the holy cross in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. Icon painted by Nikolla, son of Onufri, in the St. Mary of Blachernae Church, Berat (Albania), second half of the 16th century. File:Kostandin Shpataraku, S. Demetrio a cavallo, 43x31 cm, Berat, Museo Onufri, XVIII sec..jpg, 18th century icon painting by

References

External links

National Museum "Onufri"
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