Jakov Orfelin
Jakov Orfelin (Cyrillic Serbian: Јаков Орфелин, born in Vukovar or Sremski Karlovci, Habsburg monarchy, c. mid-eighteenth century – Arad, Habsburg Monarchy, 20 October 1803) was a Serbian Baroque painter. He made iconostasis for the churches of Bačka and Syrmia regions and also some portraits. He is the nephew of the painter, engraver and writer Zaharije Orfelin. Biography. Jakov Orfelin received his first artistic education from his uncle Zaharije Orfelin, with whom he collaborated on church commissions later. In 1766, he pursued his art studies in Vienna at the Art Academy and took courses at the newly-founded engraving  academy directed by Jakob Matthias Schmutzer (1733-1811). One of his earliest work was the iconostasis in Grgeteg Monastery (1774) which was in 1902 replaced with the iconostasis done by Uroš Predić. In 1780-1781, he collaborated with Teodor Kračun in the iconostasis painting of the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Sremski Karlovci, considered by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts to be "a summit of Baroque painting in Vojvodina".Also, Orfelin painted the iconostasis in Deliblato, Stapar (1790), Parabuć (now Ratkovo), Veliki Radinci, Kraljevci, and with Stefan Gavrilović the iconostasis in the village of Jarak. His last work, the  iconostasis for the church of Bezdin Monastery, was completed in 1802. Among the portraits, the most important is the portrait of Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović (now in the National Museum in Sremski Karlovci). Jakov Orfelin also did copper engravings. He did the figures of Nemanjić family and other Serbian rulers for Rajić's history illustrations. The figures of saints painted by Orfelin usually have large heads and stocky bodies. Sometimes he painted in the rococo style, using pinkish colors for the garments of saints, for example in the style of the Passion of Christ in Sremski Karlovci. However, his throne icons  are based on Byzantine traditions in painting. For Orfelin it could be said, "that he is the typical representative of the transition period between the baroque and rococo styles." Works. Iconostases. The iconostasis of the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Sremski Karlovci is his most famous work. Portraits. Other