The vow before the Battle of Avarayr
Ivan Aivazovsky
1892
- Dimensions
- 97 × 158 cm
- Genre
- genre painting
Styles
Tags
masters-and-servants
About
Vartan Mamikonian (alt. Vartan Mamigonian, Vardan Mamigonian; Arm. Վարդան Մամիկոնյան, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան), Armenian commander, praying before the [url href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Avarayr] Battle of Avarayr [/url] against Persian forces in 451 AD that allowed Armenians to remain Christian.
