Bidspirit auction | Giorgos MAVROGENIS

Giorgos MAVROGENIS - Cypriot, 1928 – 2019 Assassination of King Peter I of Cyprus oil on canvas signed lower right 64.5 x 100 cm 80.5 x 116 cm (with frame) LITERATURE Andros Pavlides, Leontiou Makhaira Chronikon, Filokypros, 2nd revised edition, p. 210.1 (created for the illustration of the publication). PROVENANCE private collection, Cyprus NOTE The present work was created by Giorgos Mavrogenis for the illustration of Andros Pavlides’ edition of Leontios Makhairas’ Chronicle. The scene depicts the murder of King Peter I of Cyprus by three noblemen in January 1369.