PANTOCRATOR MONASTERY

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This original realistic oil painting on canvas ,60-80 cm , is for sale (1300 )$ .

It shows the monastery of Pantocrator (now Zeyrek Cami) in Constantinople. It was built by Comninos' wife Eirene in the 10th century. It was a double church and the whole complex included a hospital and a library.Scholarios lived for a period here before he became a patriarch in 1453. It served as burial ground for some emperors. Balduin ,the last Latin emperor used it as a palace. The Ottomans turned it into a mosque and gave it a name after Zeyrek a Turk scholar who lived there. Under assistance and guidance of Unesco it is undergoing extensive restorations at this period.

THE WAVE

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This seascape oil painting on canvas, is 60-80 cm and for sale (900) $

THE BALLARINA

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This realistic ,oil on canvas painting, 70-100 cm, is painted on canvas and is for sale (1300) $.

It shows a ballarina getting ready for a dance by the lake.