Knowra Gentile da Fabriano Gentile da Fabriano Gentile da Fabriano was an Italian painter of the International Gothic style, celebrated for intricate ornament, luminous color, and works including the Adoration of the Magi.
Adoration of the Magi (Gentile da Fabriano) : A 1423 altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano depicting the Magi’s journey and worship of the Christ child. This celebrated altarpiece concentrates his sumptuous materials, crowded narrative, and courtly detail.
International Gothic : A European artistic style around 1375–1450 marked by elegant figures, brilliant color, and intricate surface detail. Gentile became one of the style’s leading Italian painters.
Palla Strozzi : A wealthy Florentine banker, humanist, and patron of the arts in the early fifteenth century. He commissioned Gentile’s Adoration of the Magi for the Strozzi family chapel.
Fabriano : A town in the Marche region of central Italy, historically known for paper production. Gentile’s name identifies his town of origin.
Strozzi Altarpiece : A 1423 altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano for the Strozzi Chapel in Florence’s church of Santa Trinita. Its richly ornamented Coronation of the Virgin displays his Florentine-period devotional painting.
Tempera : A paint made by combining pigments with an emulsion, commonly egg yolk, and applied in thin layers. Tempera enabled the precise modeling and crisp detail in many of his panel paintings.
Lorenzo Ghiberti : An Italian sculptor and goldsmith best known for the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery. Ghiberti and Gentile worked in Florence amid overlapping courtly and civic artistic circles.
Venice : A city in northeastern Italy that became a major center of trade, government, and art. Gentile worked in Venice, where his presence helped disseminate his style.
Quaratesi Polyptych : A dispersed altarpiece painted by Gentile da Fabriano for the Quaratesi family chapel in Rome. Its panels document his Roman work and the original unity of a now-dispersed commission.
Gold ground : A gilded surface used as a luminous background in medieval and Renaissance paintings. Gold grounds intensify the sacred splendor of his altarpieces.
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