Frescoes in the Church of St. Saviour (Sveti Spas) near the Monastery of Chebren (1532/1533)
Frescoes in the Church of St. Saviour (Sveti Spas) near the Monastery of Chebren (1532/1533)

Summary/Abstract: The understudied church of St. Saviour (Sveti Spas), which is part of the Chebren’s monastery complex of St. Demetrius (FYROM), dates from 1532/1533. This is witnessed by the ktetor’s inscription on the southern wall of the temple, which has not been published in whole to date. The exact dating of the church and the stylistic and iconographic analyses contribute to the clarification of the chronological framework of the activity of the studios of the Kastoria artistic circle from the last decades of the 15th century to the 1530s. The high quality of the painting of the “chief” painter who made the frescoes in the altar space and the temple’s upper register demonstrate the direct influence of the frescoes in the monastery of Treskavec. Thus, the church of St. Saviour also appears to be the latest precisely dated monument of this circle in the present stage of research of the Kastoria artistic production.

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