![A painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, with a gold leaf background and frame.](https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Berlinghiero-follower-of-Madonna-and-Child-GL_57_16_1-520x365.jpg)
Workshop of Berlinghiero di Melanese (artist)
About
Several members of the Berlinghieri family were active in the Tuscan city of Lucca (or present-day Italy) in the thirteenth century. Their Italo-Byzantine style of painting was inspired by the religious icons of the Eastern Christian (Byzantine) tradition.
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source contentArtwork by Workshop of Berlinghiero di Melanese
![A painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, with a gold leaf background and frame.](https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Berlinghiero-follower-of-Madonna-and-Child-GL_57_16_1-520x365.jpg)