About Bonaventura Berlinghieri
Lived 1210 – 1287 (aged 76–77). Bonaventura Berlinghieri was a painter.
Bonaventura Berlinghieri (fl. 1235–1244) was an Italian painter from Lucca, of the Gothic period. He was son of painter Berlinghiero Berlinghieri and brother of Barone and Marco Berlinghieri.
Bonaventura painted several panels and wall-paintings at Lucca, in 1235 and 1244. He is most famous for an altarpiece dedicated to the life of Francis of Assisi. This altarpiece is painted in tempera on wood panel in the Italo-Byzantine or maniera greca style. It depicts the stigmata as well as several scenes from the saint's life. The altarpiece, sometimes referenced as the Pescia Work,
The Via B. Berlinghieri in Lucca is named after the family.
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Italian painter (1210-1287)
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Bonaventura Berlinghieri was born in 1210 in Lucca.
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Bonaventura Berlinghieri died in 1287 in Lucca.
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