Gnosis
Gnosis (Greek: Γνῶσις), active c. 300 BC, is the name of the artist signed upon the famous Stag Hunt Mosaic from the 'House of the Abduction of Helen' in Pella, capital of the Macedonian Kingdom. It is the first known signature ("Gnosis epoesen", i.e.
Gnosis
Gnosis, whose signature is found on the work, or simply an anonymous ancient Macedonian artist · Public domain
- Born
- 350
- Occupation
- mosaicist · painter
- Known for
- Stag Hunt Mosaic
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Gnosis (Greek: Γνῶσις), active c. 300 BC, is the name of the artist signed upon the famous Stag Hunt Mosaic from the 'House of the Abduction of Helen' in Pella, capital of the Macedonian Kingdom. It is the first known signature ("Gnosis epoesen", i.e.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Gnosis. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1109338
In this article
Biography
Gnosis created) of a mosaicist and the only artist name surviving on a pebble floor. It is not known whether Gnosis was the mosaic-setter or the painter of the picture which the floor composition probably reproduces. It is also not known if he was a local or an immigrant artist to the Macedonian court. In the Pella mosaics for the first time use is made of the size of the pebbles and new materials such as semi-precious stones or glass tesserae.
Works named in the authority record are Stag Hunt Mosaic. Work by Gnosis is recorded in the collections of Archaeological Museum of Pella.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,397 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Glòria MuñozArtist
- Gloria StuartArtist
- Gloria, Princess of Thurn and TaxisArtist
- GluckArtist
- Gôbara KotôArtist
- Godawari DuttaArtist
- Godela HabelArtist
- Godfred ChristensenArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Gnosis?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.