Spyridon Prosalentis

Spyridon Prosalentis (; Corfu, 1830 – Athens, 1895) was a Greek portrait painter of the Heptanese school. His first name is sometimes seen as Spyros.

Biography Prosalentis was descended from a noble Byzantine family, who fled to areas under the control of the Venetian Republic after the fall of Constantinople. His father was Pavlos Prosalentis, who is considered to be the first significant modern Greek sculptor and, in 1811, created Greece's first art school.

His earliest lessons naturally came from his father. Prosalentis artworks are exhibited at the National Gallery of Greece, the Municipal Gallery of Corfu, the Teloglion Foundation of Arts, the Averoff Gallery etc.

His sons, Pavlos and , and his daughters, and , also became well-known painters.

Gallery of portraits