Sophronios
Creator:
Rudyerd, Reginald Barrows (1848-1888)
Date:
1888
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Description:
This is a portrait of the abbot of Kykko monastery Sophronios (1815-1890). He was the person to receive the British in Nicosia in 1878 at the church of Agios Prokopios, west of Nicosia, where Kykko monastery held an annex. In his diaries, Sir Garnet Wolseley remembers how the abbot Sophronios would daily supply bunches of fresh jasmine for his desk. The picture is painted only two years before the abbot’s death.
Dimensions:
22 x 15 cm
Signature(s):
Unsigned
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Identifier:
PNT-00451
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Rights Holder:
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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