Emmanouil Tzanes

Emmanouil Tzanes, also known as Buniales, was born in 1610 in Rethymno, Crete, which was then part of the Venetian empire. Most of his work was produced in Venice, where he became a leading figure in the latter stages of the Cretan school of icon painting. The Cretan school was the dominant force in Greek painting after the fall of Constantinople in 1453; its most famous practitioner, although one who eventually moved far from its style, was El Greco. Tzanes died in Venice on 28 March 1690.