Tripo Kokolja

He is chiefly remembered today for introducing the still life and landscape painting into the art of the eastern Adriatic.

Born in Perast, on the Bay of Kotor in present-day Montenegro, Kokolja is believed to have studied art in Venice.

This was a cycle of canvases for the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, opposite Perast, based on instructions of Andrija Zmajević.

Other works by Kokolja include portraits of Vicko Bujović and admiral Krsto Zmajević, both of which are in the town museum, along with a self-portrait.

Kokolja moved to Korčula, Croatia towards the end of his life, following the death of his friend Vicko Bujović, dying there in 1713.