1. Emmanuel Tzanes, known as Bounialis, Emmanuel Tzane-Bounialis, Emmanuel Zane, or Emmanuel Tzane, was a Greek Renaissance iconographer, author, clergyman, and educator.
10 Facts About Emmanuel Tzanes
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Emmanuel Tzanes spent the latter half of his life in Venice, where he was parish priest of the church of San Giorgio dei Greci and a member of the Flanginian School run by the city's Greek Confraternity.
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Emmanuel Tzanes's known extant works, over 130 in number, can be found in public foundations, private collections, churches and monasteries in Greece.
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Emmanuel Tzanes moved to Venice in early 1655, remaining there for the rest of his life.
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Skoufos vacated the position in 1660 and was succeeded by Emmanuel Tzanes, who served for the next twenty years.
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Emmanuel Tzanes was the supervisor at the Flanginian School of the Greek Confraternity in Venice.
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Over one hundred and thirty paintings by Emmanuel Tzanes survive, dating between 1636 and 1689.
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Emmanuel Tzanes served both Catholic and Greek Orthodox clients and produced works of all sizes, from small icons and triptychs to monumental paintings and sanctuary doors.
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Emmanuel Tzanes regularly wrote icons of Saint Alypius the Stylite, Saint Gabdelas the Persian, Saint Demetrius on horseback, and the Virgin and Christ enthroned.
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Emmanuel Tzanes's brother Konstantinos Tzanes was a painter and lived in Venice with him.