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.
[1] He made iconostasis for the churches of Bačka and Syrmia regions and also some portraits.
[2] He is the nephew of the painter, engraver and writer Zaharije Orfelin.
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".
[5] The iconostasis of the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Sremski Karlovci is his most famous work.