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Virgin and Child with Saints

c. 1230s

Berlinghiero

(Italian, before 1242)
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Culture
Italy
Medium
triptych (tabernacle); tempera and gold on poplar panel
Measurements
Overall: 42.6 x 51.5 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.); Center: 42.8 x 27 cm (16 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.); Left: 42.5 x 12.5 cm (16 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.); Right: 42.4 x 12 cm (16 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1966.237
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Location
105 Byzantine
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This tabernacle was recognized as being by Berlinghiero while in the the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, a wealthy Belgian engineer and collector.

Description

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.
Tempera painted altarpiece with a central panel depicting a baby Christ wrapping his arms around Mary's neck and two smaller, flanking panels. The left panel depicts Saint Andrew crucified, with St. Francis and St. Paul below and the right, Christ with the instruments of the Passion, such as a crown of thorns and spear, above and St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below. Each person has light skin tone and is framed against a gold background.

Virgin and Child with Saints

c. 1230s

Berlinghiero

(Italian, before 1242)
Italy

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