Hovnatanian

The Hovnatanyan family (

).

They were based in Nakhichevan,

. Most of their works are dedicated to Christianity like other works of their era.

The surname derives from Hovnatan, the Armenian equivalent of Jonathan.

Family members

• Naghash Hovnatan (Նաղաշ Հովնաթան) (1661-1722)^[1][2] - founder of the family; poet, artist, miniaturist, wall-painter, and a church clerk
  • Harutyun Hovnatanyan (Հարություն Հովնաթանյան) (18th century) – artist and a wall-painter
  • Hakob Hovnatanyan I (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (died in 1757) – artist, miniaturist, and poet
    • Hovnatan Hovnatanyan (Հովնաթան Հովնաթանյան) (1730s – 1801/1802) – wall-painter
    • Mkrtum Hovnatanyan (Մկրտում Հովնաթանյան) (1779 —1846) – artist, buried in
      Khojivank
      cemetery, Tbilisi.
      • Aghaton Hovnatanyan (Աղաթոն Հովնաթանյան) (1816–1893) - artist
      • Hakob Hovnatanyan II (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (1806—1881) – artist
        • Ruben Hovnatanyan (1940-1999) - artist

Legacy

A crater on the planet Mercury is named after Hakob Hovnatanian.^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Portrait of

  Melikishvili

  by Hakob Hovnatanyan, The Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi.
• 
  Karajyan by Hakob Hovnatanyan.
• 
  King Tiridates with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan.
• 
  Grigor Tatevatsi

  by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan
• 
  Etchmiadzin Cathedral dome by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan and his son Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.
• 
  Last Supper by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.
• 
  Moses of Chorene

  by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.
• 
  Hayk by Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.
• 
  Nerses V by Hakob Hovnatanyan.
• 
  Ejmiatsin, by Naghash Hovnatan.
• 
  Ali by Hakob Hovnatanyan.

References

• (in Armenian) Նախիջևան` Գլուխ հինգերորդ

See also

• Armenian culture