A Family of Painters in 18th Century Mani: The Workshop of the Painter Panagiotis Klerodetis
A Family of Painters in 18th Century Mani: The Workshop of the Painter Panagiotis Klerodetis

Summary/Abstract: The work of the painter Panagiotis Klerodetis in Lakonian Mani dates from the years 1725–1789, according to the dedicatory inscriptions in the monuments he decorated. The archival sources (letters, reports) prove that the Klerodetis family lived in Lakonian Mani from the 16th to the 19th century. His teacher or teachers commemorated in the Brebeion of two churches, cannot be identified. However, his workshop, despite its limited geographical range, generated other painters: his disciple or relative who possibly decorated the latest church signed with his name, and Michael Klerodetis (1752–1803), who used the same preparatory sketches (anthivola) as Panagiotis Klerodetis.

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