Christodoulos Kalergis (, 1678–1683 – 1740), also known as Christodoulos Kallergis, was a Greek painter. He is one of the few Greek painters that were not from

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or the

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. He was from the

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. He was active on the island of Mykonos and the Peloponnese Region. He is a member of the Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in art and the Greek

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period. Emmanuel Skordilis brought the art of Crete to the

. He influenced Kalergis and other local artists. Kalergis's most notable piece is the Virgin and Child. His art resembles a mixture of late Byzantine art and the Venetian influenced maniera greca. Ten of his paintings and four frescos have survived. Around the period, another famous artist Nikolaos Kallergis shared the same last name.

History

Kalergis was born on the island Mykonos. Not much is known about his life. Historians have followed the trail of signatures and dates based on frescos in different places. His first dated work was in

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at the Monastery of Theotokos Artocostas around 1698. Two years later he was in Megali Vrisi,

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at the Church of Prodromou. In 1706, he frescoed the church of Agios Ioannis in

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. He frescoed the Church of Saint Nicholas in the Castle of Zarnata before 1715. It is also located in the Mani region close to

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. By 1719, he was back on the

on the island of

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. The artist frescoed the Moni Taxiarchon

. Some of his icons are on the islands of

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, and

. Here is one example of his signatures: διά χειρός εμού Χριστοδούλου Καλλέργη εκ νήσου Μυκόνου.

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File:Christodoulos Kalergis Saint John.png, John the Baptist File:Christodoulos Kalergis Raising of Lazarus.png, Raising of Lazarus File:Christodoulos Kalergis Madonna and Child.png, Madonna and Child File:Christodoulos Kalergis Entry into Jerusalem.png, Entry into Jerusalem

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* * * * {{Authority control 1678 births 1740 deaths 18th-century Greek painters People from Mykonos 17th-century Greek painters Fresco painters

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