Kostandin Shpataraku

Kostandin Shpataraku (Albanian pronunciation: [ˌkɔˈstandin ˈʃpaˈtaɾˌaku]; 1736 – 1767), also commonly known as Shpataraku, was an Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine period in the eighteenth century.

[1] He is regarded as one of the most prominent figures of medieval Albanian art besides Onufri and David Selenica.

[2][1][3] Kostandin and his family were ethnic Albanians of the Orthodox Christian faith.

[4] His artistic work is represented by a collection of icons and frescoes for example inside the Ardenica Monastery and St. Jovan Vladimir's Church.

In 2010, an icon painting attributed to him was sold to Hetem Ramadani for 75,000 euros at a charity ball hosted by Liri Berisha, wife of the Albanian premier.