Hovnatanian

Hakob Hovnatanyan (1806—1881), a representative of the last generation of Hovnatanyans.

The Hovnatanian family (Armenian: Հովնաթանյաններ, Hovnat'anyanner) was a prominent Armenian family of painters. They include five generations from 17th to 19th centuries. Hovnatanians are originally from the village of Shorot, Yernjak district in Nakhichevan (now Şurud village in Julfa Rayon, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan).

They were based on Nakhichevan, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Ejmiatsin, Saint Petersburg and Persia. Most of their works are dedicated to Christianity like other works of their era.

Family members

Naghash Hovnatan (Նաղաշ Հովնաթան) (1661-1722)^[1]^[2] - founder of the family; poet, artist, miniaturist, wall-painter, and a church clerk
- Harutyun Hovnatanyan (Հարություն Հովնաթանյան) (18th century) – artist and a wall-painter
- Hakob Hovnatanyan (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (died in 1757) – artist, miniaturist, and poet
  - Hovnatan Hovnatanyan (Հովնաթան Հովնաթանյան) (1730’s – 1801/1802) – wall-painter
  - Mkrtum Hovnatanyan (Մկրտում Հովնաթանյան) (1779 —1846) – artist, buried in Khojivank cemetery, Tbilisi.
    - Aghaton Hovnatanyan (Աղաթոն Հովնաթանյան) (1816–1893) - artist
    - Hakob Hovnatanyan (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (1806—1881) – artist^[3]

Legacy

A crater on the planet Mercury is named after Hakob Hovnatanian.^[4]

Gallery

Овнатанян. Портрет Середина 19 в. Тбилиси, Музей искусств.jpg

Portrait of Melikishvili by Hakob Hovnatanyan, The Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi.
Портрет Караджана. 1830-1840-е гг. Акоп Овнатанян.jpg

Karajyan by Hakob Hovnatanyan.
King Tiridates with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan.
Григор Татеваци. Мастер Овнатан Овнатанян.jpg

Grigor Tatevatsi by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan
Etchmiadzin.JPG

Etchmiadzin Cathedral dome by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan and his son Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.
Овнатан Овнатанян Тайная Вечеря.jpg

Last Supper by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.
Moses of Chorene by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.
Hayk by Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.
Портрет Нерсеса Аштаракеци.А.Овнатанян.jpg

Nerses V by Hakob Hovnatanyan.
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Ejmiatsin, by Naghash Hovnatan.
Ali by Hakob Hovnatanyan.