Elias Moskos

Elias Moskos (also Ilias, 1620 or 1629 to 26 January 1687) was a Greek educator, shipping merchant and painter from Crete, born in Rethymno. He combined the maniera greca with the Venetian style and, with Theodore Poulakis, helped carry the art of Crete into the Heptanese school of the Ionian Islands, working on Zakynthos and Kefalonia. Venetian records show that in 1649 he taught painting to Symeon Maroudas, and he also trained other pupils. Some of his work drew on Angelos Akotantos, and he signed many of his icons. Fifty-two of his paintings survive, his best known being the icon Christ Pantocrator, now in the Icon Museum Recklinghausen. He was also heavily involved in shipping in Zakynthos and left a sizable fortune, including a house and boat to a monastery.