Jovan Četirević Grabovan – an 18th-Century Itinerant Orthodox Painter. Some Ethnic and Artistic Considerations
Jovan Četirević Grabovan – an 18th-Century Itinerant Orthodox Painter. Some Ethnic and Artistic Considerations

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents new insights into some ethnic and artistic circumstances in the life and work of painter Jovan Četirević Grabovan in Slavonia and northern Croatia during the last quarter of the 18th century. His probable origin as an Aromanian from what is now eastern Albania can be seen as crucial for the development of his business connections, due to extensive, mainly trade-related, migrations of his fellow countrymen to the southern provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy. Their significant financial and consequently cultural influence in the Orthodox communities of the region greatly contributed to Četirević’s success and, to some extent, determined the iconographic and stylistic traits of his painting.

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