{"id":4480,"date":"2024-11-22T16:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/work\/museum-of-solomos-and-eminent-zakynthians\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:42:44","slug":"museum-of-solomos-and-eminent-zakynthians","status":"publish","type":"works","link":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/en\/work\/museum-of-solomos-and-eminent-zakynthians\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Zakynthos Museum is housed in an imposing neoclassical building in the main square of Zakynthos Town. It holds one of the most important collections of paintings from the post-Byzantine period.<br\/>Its galleries display icons of the Cretan School, \u201cCretan-Ionian\u201d icons, and works of Ionian naturalism, dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings, carved wooden iconostases, ecclesiastical vessels, and sculptures originating from churches on the island that no longer survive are also presented.   <\/p>\n\n<p>On 3 September 2021, two unique self-portraits by the eminent Zakynthian priests, icon painters, and artists Nikolaos Koutouzis and Nikolaos Kantounis were officially presented to the Museum of Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians, as a full donation by Mr Athanasios Martinos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zakynthos Museum is housed in an imposing neoclassical building in the main square of Zakynthos Town. It holds one of the most important collections of paintings from the post-Byzantine period.Its galleries display icons of the Cretan School, \u201cCretan-Ionian\u201d icons, and works of Ionian naturalism, dating from the 15th to the 19th century. 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