Greek, 16th century, male.
Active in Nicaea before 1588.
Painter. History painting, portraits.
According to Zani, Adolus reproduced an old Byzantine painting dating from the 14th century, the Portrait of Epiphanias, Bishop of Constance.
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2nd – 3rd century, male.
Active in the early Christian period.
Sculptor.
Ancient Roman.
Maetius Aprilis' name and the tools of his trade (hammer and chisel) are preserved on an epitaph in the Catacombs of Priscilla in Rome.
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Greek, 9th century, male.
Died 867, in Rome.
Painter.
This Greek painter of the Byzantine School suffered persecution under the iconoclastic Emperor Theophilus, who had him flogged for painting religious images. After recovering, the saint continued to paint pictures of the Virgin and Jesus.
