Sargis Pitsak (
Armenian: Սարգիս Պիծակ) was an early 14th-century
Armenian artist.[1] Nearly 50 illustrated manuscripts are attributed to him.[2] His father was called Grigor.[3]
Pitsak lived in
Cilicia, during a difficult period when epidemics often followed wars.[4] He copied and illustrated manuscripts on the request of King
Levon IV,[5] queen Mariun and others.[6]
Pitsak seems to have been familiar with the work of
Toros Roslin and he completed the illustration of a famous Gospel (
Matenadaran, Cod. 7651), in which some miniatures reflect Roslin's influence.[7]
Gallery
Crucifixion of Jesus. Armenian manuscript of Queen Mariun Gospel, by Sargis Pitsak, 1346.
^Hovannisian, R.G.; Payaslian, S. (2008).
Armenian Cilicia. Armenian Research Center collection. Mazda Publishers. p. 269.
ISBN978-1-56859-154-4. Retrieved 9 October 2018. The importance of Sis was partly because it was the main residence of the famous painter Sargis Pitsak, whose works included nearly fifty manuscripts ...
^Abgari͡a︡n, G.V. (1962).
The Matenadaran. Armenian Research Center collection. Armenian State Pub. House. p. 57. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^Antiquarian Book Monthly (in French). ABMR Publications. 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 9 October 2018. The exhibition includes major works by Cilicia's most brilliant illuminator, Toros Roslin, and his successor, Sargis Pitsak.
^Akopian, A. (2001).
Armenians and the World: Yesterday and Today. Noyan Tapan. p. 130.
ISBN978-99930-51-29-9. Retrieved 9 October 2018. Mentioned in particular should be the miniaturists Toros Roslin and Sarkis Pitsak, who created unsurpassed world scale masterpieces of miniature.