The typology of the votive paintings in 15th-16th century Moldova

Presented and researched along with the publication of the painted monuments, the votive paintings of the ecclesiastical foundations of the lords and nobles of the Romanian space, benefited a systematic analysis only around 1990, in the study signed by Matei Cazacu and Ana Dumitrescu. Although the votive images from Moldova of the 15th-16th centuries are studied here in particular, the broader context includes the whole Romanian area, with extension into the Balkan Slavic areas (especially Serbian). In the present research we will attempt to divide the painted churches and therefore the votive images within them according to their type of foundation. Despite the differences highlighted here to make this classification possible, it is important to point out that all these votive images have more in common and are marked by a unique style, specific only to Moldova.