Hovnatanyan family

The Hovnatanian family (Armenian: Հովնաթանյաններ, Hovnat'anyanner) was a prominent Armenian family of painters. They include five generations from 17th to 19th centuries. Hovnatanians are originally from the village of Shorot, Yernjak district in Nakhichevan (now Şurud village in Julfa Rayon, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan).

They were based on Nakhichevan, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Ejmiatsin, Saint Petersburg and Persia. Most of their works are dedicated to Christianity like other works of their era.

The surname derives from Hovnatan, the Armenian equivalent of Jonathan.

A crater on the planet Mercury is named after Hakob Hovnatanian.

Portrait of Melikishvili by Hakob Hovnatanyan, The Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi.

Karajyan by Hakob Hovnatanyan.

King Tiridates with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan.

Grigor Tatevatsi by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan

Etchmiadzin Cathedral dome by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan and his son Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.

Last Supper by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.

Moses of Chorene by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.

Hayk by Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.

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