# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andreas-ritzos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:47:41.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andreas-ritzos"
name: "Andreas Ritzos"
slug: "andreas-ritzos"
description: "Andreas Ritzos was a Greek icon painter from Crete. Ritzos is considered one of the founding fathers of the Cretan school. He was affiliated with Angelos Akotantos. Most of his work stylistically follows the traditional maniera greca. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were also painters. He was one of the most influential painters of the Cretan school along with Andreas Pavias and Angelos Akotantos. He influenced the works of Georgios Klontzas, Nikolaos Tzafouris, Theophanes the Cretan, Michael Damaskinos and El Greco. According to the Institute for Neohellenic Research, sixty of his paintings have survived."
tagline: "Greek painter (1421-1492)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Andreas_Ritzos_-_The_Mother_of_God_of_Passion_-_WGA19511.jpg/330px-Andreas_Ritzos_-_The_Mother_of_God_of_Passion_-_WGA19511.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1421"
deathDate: "1492"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             0.08797653958944283
  historical:           5.679050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ritzos"
    title: "Andreas Ritzos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ritzos"
    title: "Andreas Ritzos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A1%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Ανδρέας Ρίτζος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BE%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Рицос, Андрей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ritzos"
    title: "Andreas Ritzos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Rizo_da_Candia"
    title: "Andrea Rizo da Candia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump