Pârvu Mutu

He was born in the town of Câmpulung as the sixth son of the Orthodox priest Ioan Pârvescu, and began his career as a church painter at the age of 12.

He lived some 40 years in Moldavia, returning to Wallachia in 1702.

In 1718 he retired to the Mărgineni Monastery [ro], the place where he died.

Pârvu Mutu painted in fresco style the interiors of churches in Mărgineni, Măgureni, Cotroceni, Călinești, Aninoasa [ro], Fiindenii Doamnei, Colțea, Bordești, Filipeștii de Pădure, and the New St. George Church in Bucharest.

He is mostly remembered for his portraits and his frescoes of church founders.