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The Adoration of the Magi () by Gentile da Fabriano is a masterpiece of the International Gothic style, commissioned for the Strozzi family chapel in Florence. The painting depicts the Magi presenting gifts to the Christ Child, surrounded by Mary and Joseph in an opulent, gilded setting. Richly detailed, it features vibrant colors, intricate gold leaf work, and elaborate costumes that emphasize the Magi’s royal splendor. The altarpiece also includes narrative vignettes of the Magi’s journey, blending naturalistic elements with the decorative grandeur of Gothic art. Renowned for its elegance and storytelling, the work symbolizes devotion and celebrates divine majesty.
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    Title

    Deutsch: Marienkrönung, Giebelgemälde, rechte innere Tafel, Szene: Hl. Thomas von Aquin

    العربية: التفاصيل من

    "Valle Romita Polyptych"

    لوحة بريشة "دي فابريانو"
    Object typepainting / polyptych Genrereligious art DescriptionDepicted peopleDate circa

    date QS:P,+TZ/9,P,Q

    Medium

    Deutsch: Holz

    Français : Bois

    Dimensions height: 49 cm ( in); width: 38 cm ( in)

    dimensions QS:P,49U

    dimensions QS:P,38U

    Collection

    Deutsch: Pinacoteca di Brera

    Current location

    Deutsch: Mailand

    Français : Milan

    Accession numberNotes

    Deutsch: Urspr. Altarretabel der Minori Osservanti in Val di Sasso (Valle Romita) bei Fabriano, Altar wurde um geteilt und rekonstruiert, Verlust der Giebelbildes der mittleren Tafel

    References Source/PhotographerThe Yorck Project () Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: Permission
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  • Adoration of the magi gentile da fabriano analysis

    • Gentile da Fabriano

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    His name was Gentile di Niccolò di Massio. His native Fabriano is a small industrial town in the Marches, about halfway between Perugia and Ancona, famous for the manufacture of paper. His date of birth is unknown, but he is likely to have reached an age of financial independence by , when his father, a cloth merchant, took monastic vows. He is traditionally supposed to have been the pupil of Fabriano’s most famous painter Allegretto Nuzi, but (as Nuzi died in /4) this seems most unlikely. Gentile is not securely documented until , when he was probably already an established master of some repute, and his early career is obscure. An ‘early period’ in Lombardy has been postulated on the strength of a few attributed works (including a small devotional panel from a convent in Pavia and a drawing in the Louvre of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan) and circumstantial evidence (such as the praise awarded to Gentile by the Milanese humanist Uberti Decembrio). It has been conjectured that Gentile arrived in Milan around in the entourage of Chiavello Chiavelli, feudal ruler (signore) of Fabriano and a condottiere in Visconti service. He may have left Milan in , after Duke Gian Galeazzo suddenly died and Chiavelli switched his allegiance to Venice.

    In , Gentile (‘Maistro Zentil’) is recorded in Venice, where he enrolled in the Scuola di San Cristoforo dei Mercanti and established a workshop in the parish of Santa Sofia. He was commissioned by a Lucchese merchant, Francesco Amadi, to paint an altarpiece (now lost) for the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. In and the Great Council voted him funds to renew a fresco cycle in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio of the Doge’s Palace. He was paid the considerable salary of a ducat a day and granted the extraordinary privilege of wearing open, ‘ducal’ sleeves. The frescoes, showing the naval conflict between Pope Alexander III and
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