Agapit Stevens
Agapit Pierre Jean Joseph Stevens (; 21 October 1848 – 19 February 1924) was a Belgian painter of Figure painting, glamorous women in interiors, Genre art, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and Orientalism, Orientalist scenes depicting odalisques, dancers and harem musicians.Agapit Stevens
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

Life

Agapit Stevens was born on 21 October 1848 in Brussels and was registered under the name Agapit Pierre Jean Joseph Van Gotsenhoven. As his parents Jean Daniel Stevens and Marie Van Gotsenhoven were unmarried at the time of his birth he was registered under his mother's name. His parents were married on 24 August 1853 in Brussels. On this occasion his birth was legalised and he was from then on named Stevens. His father was a painter of genre scenes.
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Agapit Stevens - L'égyptienne
Agapit () is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 37 Russian Christian male given name, first name.Superanskaya, p. 24 The name is derived from the Greek language, Greek word ''agapētos'', meaning ''loved one''. Its colloquial variant is Agap (; which can also be the main form of a Agap, related name). The diminutives of "Agapit" are Aga (), Agapitka (), Agapka (), Gapa (), and Gasha (). The patronymics derived from "Agapit" are "" (''Agapitovich''; masculine) and "" (''Agapitovna''; feminine). Notable people *Agapetus of the Kiev Caves (?-1095), doctor and monk in Kyiv Pechersk Lavra *Agapit Chicagou ( 1725–1731), Native American tribal leader *Agapit Leblanc (1887–1926), Canadian Fishery officer *Agapit Stevens (1848–1924), Belgian painter *Agapit Vallmitjana i Barbany (1832–1905), Spanish sculptor References Notes Sources

*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Na ...
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