Gentile da Fabriano

Gen·ti·le da Fa·bri·a·no

biographical name \jen-ˈtē-lē-də-ˌfä-brē-ˈä-(ˌ)nō\

Definition of GENTILE DA FABRIANO

ca 1370–1427 originally Niccolo di Giovanni di Massio Ital. painter

Gentile da Fabriano

biographical name    (Concise Encyclopedia)

(born c. 1370, Fabriano, Papal States—died 1427, Rome) Italian painter. He was probably trained in the Lombardy region. In 1409 he was commissioned to decorate the Doges' Palace in Venice with historical frescoes, now lost. His most important fresco cycle, also destroyed, was in the church of St. John Lateran in Rome. His major surviving painting is the celebrated Strozzi Altarpiece (1423), featuring The Adoration of the Magi. Its combination of naturalism and rich ornamentation influenced Italian artists throughout the century, notably Fra Angelico and Benozzo Gozzoli, and established Gentile as one of Italy's greatest proponents of the International Gothic style. He was the most important Italian painter of the first quarter of the 15th century.

Variants of GENTILE DA FABRIANO

Gentile da Fabriano orig. Gentile di Niccolò di Massio