Christodoulos Kalergis ( el, Χριστόδουλος Καλέργης, 1678-1683 –1740), also known as Christodoulos Kallergis. He is one of the few Greek painters that were not from

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or the Ionian Islands. He was from the

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. He was active on the island of Mykonos and the

Peloponnese Region The Peloponnese Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, translit=Periféria Peloponnísou, ) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about ...

. He is a member of the Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in art and the Greek

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period.

Emmanuel Skordilis Emmanuel Skordilis ( el, Εμμανουήλ Σκορδίλης, 1627-35 –1671), also known as Emmanouil Skordilis. He was a Greek Renaissance painter. He was active in Crete around the time Emmanuel Tzanes, Elias Moskos, and Philotheos Sk ...

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

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. 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,

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...

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

Serifos Serifos ( el, Σέριφος, la, Seriphus, also Seriphos; Seriphos: Eth. Seriphios: Serpho) is a Greek island municipality in the Aegean Sea, located in the western Cyclades, south of Kythnos and northwest of Sifnos. It is part of the Milos reg ...

. The artist frescoed the Moni Taxiarchon

. Some of his icons are on the islands of

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Mykonos Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to the ...

, and

. Here is one example of his signatures: διά χειρός εμού Χριστοδούλου Καλλέργη εκ νήσου Μυκόνου. Hatzidakis, 1997, pp 56-57

Gallery

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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