Manuel Panselinos

Manuel Panselinos
“Portrait of Panselin, drawn by Mr. Blagoveshchensky, a companion of Rev. Porphyry of the Assumption, from a fresco painted, according to legend, by Panselin himself in the porch of the Protaton Church and transferred from here to a cell by the monk painter Damaskin. (From the papers of Reverend Porfiry Ouspensky).”[1]
Born	Immanuel Panselinos late 13th century Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Byzantine Empire
Died	early 14th century Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Byzantine Empire
Known for	Iconography and hagiography
Notable work	Mount Athos: Protaton Church (13th century) Lavra Monastery (13th century) Vatopedi Monastery (14th century)
Movement	Palaeologan Renaissance and Macedonian school

Manuel Panselinos (Greek: Μανουήλ Πανσέληνος) was a Byzantine Greek painter and writer of the Palaeologan Renaissance, known for introducing pathos into frescos, murals and especially icons from the 13th and 14th centuries. He was active in the region of Macedonia, and was widely considered to be the most prominent and influential figure of the palaeologan renaissance and the Macedonian school of painting centered at the Empire's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.^[2]