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Berlinghiero

Berlinghiero was first recorded in a Lucchese document of 1228 and mentioned as already dead by 1243. Crowe and Cavlcaselle's mistranslation of the document of 1228 (known only from a 1600s transcription) gave rise to the apparently mistaken assumption that Berlinghiero came from Milan and that his last name was Berlinghieri. These misconceptions persist despite the thorough review and corrected interpretation of the available sources published by Garrison (1951, I I ff.). Berlinghiero introduced Byzantine elements into the style of painting in Lucca which dominated that school during the first three-quarters of the 1200s and strongly influenced painting in Pisa and Florence. Attributions to Berlinghiero are based on his one signed work, a Crucifix, probably painted c. 1210-1220. Three sons were trained by Belinghiero and works by two of them, Bonaventura and Marco, are known.

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Development stand-in portrait: person against a warm background (not a photograph of Berlinghiero)

Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Selected work

PaintingGander

From the studio

3 works, from the studio to here.

  • Christ in a Mandorla, with the instruments of the Passion, with St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below

    Berlinghiero · tempera and gold on wood · 1225

    This small altarpiece, intended for a domestic interior or private chapel, consists of three panels, allowing it to be folded and easily transported. Surrounding the Virgin and Child in the center are various saints. On the left is Saint Andrew crucified, with St. Francis and St. Paul below; on the right, Christ with the instruments of the Passion, and St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below. The long expressive lines that define the clothing and hands of the figures are typical of Byzantine painting, which spread from Constantinople to Italy in the Middle Ages. Berlinghiero is one of the earliest Italian painters known by name. He lived in Lucca, the most important artistic center in Tuscany before the rise of Siena and Florence. Berlinghiero headed a large, influential workshop that included his sons. Image and data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

  • The Crucifixion of St. Andrew, with St. Francis and St. Paul below

    Berlinghiero · tempera and gold on wood · 1225

    This small altarpiece, intended for a domestic interior or private chapel, consists of three panels, allowing it to be folded and easily transported. Surrounding the Virgin and Child in the center are various saints. On the left is Saint Andrew crucified, with St. Francis and St. Paul below; on the right, Christ with the instruments of the Passion, and St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below. The long expressive lines that define the clothing and hands of the figures are typical of Byzantine painting, which spread from Constantinople to Italy in the Middle Ages. Berlinghiero is one of the earliest Italian painters known by name. He lived in Lucca, the most important artistic center in Tuscany before the rise of Siena and Florence. Berlinghiero headed a large, influential workshop that included his sons. Image and data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

  • Virgin and Child with Saints

    Berlinghiero · triptych (tabernacle); tempera and gold on poplar panel · 1225

    This small altarpiece, intended for a domestic interior or private chapel, consists of three panels, allowing it to be folded and easily transported. Surrounding the Virgin and Child in the center are various saints. On the left is Saint Andrew crucified, with St. Francis and St. Paul below; on the right, Christ with the instruments of the Passion, and St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below. The long expressive lines that define the clothing and hands of the figures are typical of Byzantine painting, which spread from Constantinople to Italy in the Middle Ages. Berlinghiero is one of the earliest Italian painters known by name. He lived in Lucca, the most important artistic center in Tuscany before the rise of Siena and Florence. Berlinghiero headed a large, influential workshop that included his sons. Image and data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

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