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RARE ARMENIAN ICON - Painted by Naghash Hovnat'an (1661-1722)

Naghash Hovnatan (Նաղաշ Հովնաթան) (1661-1722) poet, artist, miniaturist, icon and fresco-painter, was the founder of the family, and most distinguished member of the famous school of painters of that name. He was the leading Armenian artist of the period and painted much of the dome of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral as well as the images of the Saints on the front of the high altar at Etchmiadzin