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Theophanes the Greek | |
|---|---|
 Virgin and Child (Donskaya) | |
| Born | c. 1340 |
| Died | c. 1410 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Movement | Byzantine Iconography |
Theophanes the Greek (Russian: Феофан Грек, romanized: Feofan Grek; Greek: Θεοφάνης; c. 1340 – c. 1410) was a Byzantine Greek artist and one of the greatest icon painters of Muscovite Russia, who influenced the 15th-century painting style of the Novgorod school and the subsequent Moscow school.[1] He was noted as the teacher and mentor of the great Andrei Rublev.[2]
- ^ "Theophanes The Greek | Byzantine painter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Sjeklocha, Paul; Mead, Igor (1967). Unofficial Art in the Soviet Union. University of California Press. p. 7.
During the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, Andrei Rublev, who studied under Theophanes the Greek, was the greatest Russian icon painter.