id:			142475
accession number:	1966.237.c
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.237.c
updated:		2023-03-10 19:43:03.756000

Christ in a Mandorla, with the instruments of the Passion, with St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below, c. 1230s. Berlinghiero (Italian, before 1242). Tempera and gold on wood; unframed: 42.4 x 12 cm (16 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1966.237.c

title:				Christ in a Mandorla, with the instruments of the Passion, with St. Stephen and St. Lawrence below
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creation date:			c. 1230s
creation date earliest:		1225
creation date latest:		1235
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Italy, 13th century
technique:	tempera and gold on wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Berlinghiero (Italian, before 1242)  - artist
Berlinghiero was first recorded in a Lucchese document of 1228 and mentioned as already dead by 1243.  Crowe and Cavlcaselle's mistranslation of the document of 1228 (known only from a 1600s transcription) gave rise to the apparently mistaken assumption that Berlinghiero came from Milan and that his last name was Berlinghieri.  These misconceptions persist despite the thorough review and corrected interpretation of the available sources published by Garrison (1951, I I ff.).  Berlinghiero introduced Byzantine elements into the style of painting in Lucca which dominated that school during the first three-quarters of the 1200s and strongly influenced painting in Pisa and Florence.  Attributions to Berlinghiero are based on his one signed work, a Crucifix, probably painted c. 1210-1220.  Three sons were trained by Belinghiero and works by two of them, Bonaventura and Marco, are known.
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measurements: Unframed: 42.4 x 12 cm (16 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Golden Anniversary Acquisitions,</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10-October 16, 1966).

* <em>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-September 19, 1971).

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PROVENANCE

	(Theodore Bonjean, Paris, France)
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	(Peter Matthiesen, Matthiesen Gallery, London, England)
	date: -1938
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	Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Brussels, Belgium
	date: After 1938
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	Mme. Michele Stoclet, Barcelona, Spain
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	(Sale: Sotherby's, London, June 30, 1965, no. 21)
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	Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1966
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966-
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fun fact:
This tabernacle was recognized as being by Berlinghiero while in the the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, a wealthy Belgian engineer and collector.

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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 51
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n75

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 51
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n73

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 15, p. 41 - 43
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 62
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n82

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