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Wall painting (detail)
Sopocani monastery, ca. 1265.

Part of a larger composition, where the child Prince Dragutin is shown with his father who endowed the monastery, and other family members.

"The deathbed of Queen Mother Anna Dandolo", wall painting (detail)
Sopocani monastery, ca. 1265.

While presumably painted during same period as the previous picture - around the time the monastery was built and decorated - this fresco clearly depicts a later event, as evidenced by the teenage effigy of Prince Dragutin.

Wall painting (detail)
St. Achilleos church, Arilje, 1296.

In a theme common for patronized medieval Orthodox Christian churches and monasteries, King Dragutin is depicted here with a model of his endowment - the church that just recently celebrated its 700th anniversary.

"The Nemanjic family tree", wall painting (detail)
Decani monastery, ca. 1345.

With a white hair and beard and an illuminated expression, Dragutin is featured probably close to the time when, shortly before his death in 1316, he became monk Teoktist.



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