Berlinghiero berlinghieri biography

Italian painter

Berlinghiero also known as Berlinghiero Berlinghieri or Berlinghiero of Lucca (fl. 1228 – between 1236 and 1242), was an Italian painter in the Italo-Byzantine style of the early thirteenth century.

He was the father of the painters Barone Berlinghieri, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, and Graco Berlinghieri.^{[citation needed]}

His actual name is unknown, as he is known from the inscription "Berlingerius me pinxit" on the crucifix which is the basis of attributing other works to the name.

Berlinghiero crucifix

The form "Berlinghiero Berlinghieri", once common in art history, is certainly not his name according to Edward B. Garrison and most recent sources, however, his commonly accepted name is still Berlinghiero. He is also mentioned in a parchment of March 22, 1228, among the names of the residents of Lucca who swore to keep the peace with Pisa after a five-year war.

The original document has been lost since the mid-19th century and only a somewhat gar