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Yuhanna al Armani

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Nationality
  
Armenian

Known for
  
Christian art

Died
  
1786, Cairo, Egypt

Name
  
Yuhanna al-Armani

Movement
  
Coptic Art


Yuhanna al-Armani

Notable work
  
Icons in The Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo, Egypt

Yuhanna al-Armani al-Qudsi (cca 1720 - 1786, Cairo, Ottoman Empire) was an artist of Armenian origin in Ottoman Egypt. He is most notable for his religious works, especially his Coptic icons that decorate The Hanging Church in Old Cairo.

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Yuhanna al-Armani Wikipedia