Victor (painter)

Victor
Self-portrait
Born	Crete or Venice
Died	1555
Movement	Italian Renaissance

Victor (Greek: Βίκτωρ; died 1555) was a Greek painter active in Venice active during the mid-16th century. The only surviving painting is his self portrait. He was a painter during the High Renaissance. He drastically escaped the maniera greca. He is comparable to Ioannis Permeniates.[1]

History

Victor was probably born in Venice or Crete. His father's name was Ioannis. In 1537, he was chosen by the Venetian authorities to fight in the Third Ottoman-Venetian War. He made out a will on July 10, 1537, the will begins: Ego Victor filius q. ser Johannis Greci, pictor de Conflnio Sancii Musis, iturum in classem. In 1539, O Vetto depentor was a soldier until 1540. On July 15, 1555, Victor the painter and son of Ioannis was a member of the church of Saint Moses. In the archives, it stated that Vettorello depentor died. The painting is in Giustiniani-Reganati collection in Venice. The painting is signed ΕΙΣ ΑΦΚΖ' ΜΙΝΙ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ ΚΗ, ΧΕΙΡ βΙΤΟΡΕ[1][2]

See also

• Greek scholars in the Renaissance
• Vittore Carpaccio
• Giovanni Bellini
• Victor (iconographer)
• Marco Basaiti

References

1. Hatzidakis 1987, p. 191.
2. Lucco, Mauro; Pontani, Anna (1997). "Greek Inscriptions on Two Venetian Renaissance Paintings". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 60: 121–129.

Bibliography

• Hatzidakis, Manolis (1987). Έλληνες Ζωγράφοι μετά την Άλωση (1450-1830). Τόμος 1: Αβέρκιος - Ιωσήφ [Greek Painters after the Fall of Constantinople (1450-1830). Volume 1: Averkios - Iosif]. Athens: Center for Modern Greek Studies, National Research Foundation. ISBN 960-7916-01-8.