DOI chapter:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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BERINGEROTH — BERNA.
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Beringeroth, Martin, born at Ramelsbourg, 1670; died in Leipsic,
1733. An engraver who executed a great number of portraits.
Beringeroth, John Martin, born at Leipsic (1713-1767). Son of
the preceding, and an engraver of. portraits.
Berkheiden, Job, born at Haerlem (1628-1698). He is not known
to have had any teacher, but when young, made sketches which were
so much praised that he determined to become an artist. His pictures
are landscapes with small figures, and sometimes represent village
fetes, etc., with some success. He travelled with his younger brother
Gerit, and, when he returned to Holland, was well patronized. He
was employed by the Elector Palatine, when in Germany, and re-
ceived from him a gold medal and chain. Entire pictures by him are
rare. He painted some portraits. No. 845, Berlin Mus., a landscape,
has his signature. Ho was drowned in a canal at Amsterdam.
Berkheiden, Gerit, born at Haerlem (1645-1693). His pictures
chiefly represent the exteriors of buildings in his own country, and
Italy. They are good, but not equal to those of Van der Heyden.
His works are rare in public galleries. There is a fine series in the
Hope Coll.; Amsterdam Mus., No. 26 is one of his best. The same
is true of Dresden Gall., No. 1470. Louvre No. 28, is a view of Tra-
jan’s Column. Mr. Baring has an excellent view of a Dutch town,
with numerous figures.
Berkmans, Henry, born at Clunder, 1629; died at Middlebourg,
1690. His last instructor was J. Jordaens. At first he painted his-
tory, but his portraits were so good, and in such demand, that he
could not fulfil his commissions. He painted many of the most distin-
guished men of his time. His best work is a large picture of the
Company of Archers, in the Town Hall of Middlebourg.
Berlinghieri, Marco, Barone, and Bonaventura. These are
three artists of this name mentioned as signing a treaty of peace with
Pisa, in 1228. The works of Bonaventura alone remain. They con-
sist of a series illustrative of the Life of S. Francis, in the ch. of
that saint at Pescia; and No. 28, a “ Crucifixion,” in the Acad, of
Fine Arts at Florence. These pictures are characterized by childish
simplicity. The angels are merely motionless half-figures, with
embroidered dresses, and the resoluteness with which the different
occurrences in the life of the saint are crudely indicated, is ludicrous
in the extreme. The sparrows to which he talks are huge birds,
perched on trees rising from a conical hill; and those persons whom
he freed from evil spirits have little devils flying out of their mouths.
Berlinghieri, Camillo, called II Ferraresino, born at Ferrara
(about 1596-1635). Pupil of Carlo Bononi. Painter of history.
His works are chiefly at Ferrara and Venice. A picture of the
“ Miracle of the Manna,” in the ch. of S. Niccolo at Ferrara, is a
fine work, also that of the “ Annunciation ” in S. Antonio Abate.
Berna or Barna. True name thought to have been Barna Bertini.
103
Beringeroth, Martin, born at Ramelsbourg, 1670; died in Leipsic,
1733. An engraver who executed a great number of portraits.
Beringeroth, John Martin, born at Leipsic (1713-1767). Son of
the preceding, and an engraver of. portraits.
Berkheiden, Job, born at Haerlem (1628-1698). He is not known
to have had any teacher, but when young, made sketches which were
so much praised that he determined to become an artist. His pictures
are landscapes with small figures, and sometimes represent village
fetes, etc., with some success. He travelled with his younger brother
Gerit, and, when he returned to Holland, was well patronized. He
was employed by the Elector Palatine, when in Germany, and re-
ceived from him a gold medal and chain. Entire pictures by him are
rare. He painted some portraits. No. 845, Berlin Mus., a landscape,
has his signature. Ho was drowned in a canal at Amsterdam.
Berkheiden, Gerit, born at Haerlem (1645-1693). His pictures
chiefly represent the exteriors of buildings in his own country, and
Italy. They are good, but not equal to those of Van der Heyden.
His works are rare in public galleries. There is a fine series in the
Hope Coll.; Amsterdam Mus., No. 26 is one of his best. The same
is true of Dresden Gall., No. 1470. Louvre No. 28, is a view of Tra-
jan’s Column. Mr. Baring has an excellent view of a Dutch town,
with numerous figures.
Berkmans, Henry, born at Clunder, 1629; died at Middlebourg,
1690. His last instructor was J. Jordaens. At first he painted his-
tory, but his portraits were so good, and in such demand, that he
could not fulfil his commissions. He painted many of the most distin-
guished men of his time. His best work is a large picture of the
Company of Archers, in the Town Hall of Middlebourg.
Berlinghieri, Marco, Barone, and Bonaventura. These are
three artists of this name mentioned as signing a treaty of peace with
Pisa, in 1228. The works of Bonaventura alone remain. They con-
sist of a series illustrative of the Life of S. Francis, in the ch. of
that saint at Pescia; and No. 28, a “ Crucifixion,” in the Acad, of
Fine Arts at Florence. These pictures are characterized by childish
simplicity. The angels are merely motionless half-figures, with
embroidered dresses, and the resoluteness with which the different
occurrences in the life of the saint are crudely indicated, is ludicrous
in the extreme. The sparrows to which he talks are huge birds,
perched on trees rising from a conical hill; and those persons whom
he freed from evil spirits have little devils flying out of their mouths.
Berlinghieri, Camillo, called II Ferraresino, born at Ferrara
(about 1596-1635). Pupil of Carlo Bononi. Painter of history.
His works are chiefly at Ferrara and Venice. A picture of the
“ Miracle of the Manna,” in the ch. of S. Niccolo at Ferrara, is a
fine work, also that of the “ Annunciation ” in S. Antonio Abate.
Berna or Barna. True name thought to have been Barna Bertini.