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Gentile da Fabriano

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Gen·ti·le da Fa·bri·a·no  (jn-tl dä fäbrn) 1370?-1427.
Italian painter of religious subjects best known for The Adoration of the Magi (1423).

Gentile da Fabriano (Italian) [dʒenˈtiːle da fabriˈɑːno]
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(Biographies / Gentile da Fabriano (?1370-1427) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) original name Niccolo di Giovanni di Massio. ?1370-1427, Italian painter. His works, in the International Gothic style, include the Adoration of the Magi (1423)


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Gentile was his given name but, even by his contemporaries, he was known as Gentile da Fabriano.
Knowledge of the eastern designs is also documented by religious paintings (for example, Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi) and portraits (Bronzino, Eleonora di Toledo).
Painting: Saint Nicholas Saves a Ship From the Storm, by Gentile da Fabriano (e.
 
 
 
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