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NIKIFOROS LYTRAS
Nikiphoros Lytras (Νικηφόρος Λύτρας, 1832-1904) was born
in 1832 in Pyrgos on the Greek island of Tinos, the son of a
popular marble sculptor. At the age of 18, he went to Athens
to train at the School of Arts, where he studied painting with
Ludwing Thierch and Raffaelo Ceccoli. In 1855-1856, he
assisted Thiersch in the decoration of the Saviour’s Russian
Orthodox Church in Athens.