Kostandin Shpataraku

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An icon attributed to Kostandin Shpataraku.

Kostandin Shpataraku (Albanian pronunciation:

Post-Byzantine period in the eighteenth century. He continued to combine Byzantine tradition with influences from the Renaissance.[1] He is regarded as one of the most prominent figures of medieval Albanian art besides Onufri and David Selenica
.

Kostandin Shpataraku was born in the Shpat region within the surrounding region of Elbasan, which was at that time part of the Ottoman Empire.[2][1][3] He was beheaded by the Ottomans in Elbasan whereby his family took his body and buried him in his village, head apart from the rest of the body, so the Ottomans could not find his exact grave. A small chapel was built subsequently to commemorate him. He is also commemorated as a saint by the locals on September 21.[2]

His art and legacy was distinguished by his

National Iconographic Museum in Berat
and other museums.

In 2010, an icon painting attributed to him was sold to Hetem Ramadani for 75,000 euros at a charity ball hosted by Liri Berisha, wife of the Albanian premier. The icon had formerly been in the ownership of the family of the modern painter Alush Shima.[5]

See also

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References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0810861886
  2. ^ a b Tomb and works of Kostandin Shpataraku (in Albanian)
  3. ^ Albania, a patrimony of European values: a short encyclopedia of Albanian history and cultural heritage (Genc Myftiu ed.). SEDA, 2000. 2000. p. 96.
  4. ISBN 9783319275284
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  5. ^ Albania Struggles to Catalogue its Unknown Treasures. BalkanInsight, 30 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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