Berlinghiero, active by (1228–died by 1236)

• Was also known as Berlinghiero Berlinghieri or Berlinghiero of Lucca.
• He was an Italian painter in the Italo-Byzantine style.
• He was the father of the painters Barone Berlinghieri, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, and Marco Berlinghieri.

• He is 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.

• His art-style was late Romanesque, mainly line-based, with neohellenistic and Byzantine influences.

• He is considered to be one of the main artists of the Tuscan art of the period. 

• Works by Berlinghieri can be found at the San Matteo National Museum in Pisa, the National Museum of Villa Guinigi in Lucca, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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