Berlinghiero biography of mahatma

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri

Paintings

Crucifix

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri, also known as Berlinghiero of Lucca (fl.

Berlinghiero biography of mahatma

– between and ), was an Italian painter of the early thirteenth century. He was the father of the painters Barone Berlinghieri, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, and Marco Berlinghieri.[1]

Biography

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 him.

But the name "Berlinghiero Berlinghieri" is certainly not his name (according to Edward B. Garrison) and he should be called Berlinghiero. He is also mentioned in a parchment of 22 March 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 midth century and only a somewhat garbled 17th-century transcription exists today, giving rise to the mistaken interpretation of attributing him an incorrect n