A newly discovered portrait at a Greek monastery portrays, according to the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Constantine Palaiologos.
The sole surviving portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was unearthed during the restoration of frescoes at a monastery in the Peloponnese, Greece, the Greek Ministry of Culture said in a statement. The portrait was produced when he was alive.
It was uncovered in Katholiko, the main church of the Old Monastery of the Archangels of Aigeialia (Palaia Moni Taxiarchon Aigeialias), a few kilometers outside the town of Aigio in Achaia, situated in the western part of the Peloponnese.