Quaratesi Polyptych- Painted by Gentile Da Fabriano:
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Gentile Da Fabriano (1370-1427) was commissioned to paint the panel of the high altar Polyptych for the church of St. Niccolo Oltrarno in Florence. This painting shows various episodes from the life of St. Nicholas of Bari, patron saint of seamen and traveler: his birth; his gift of a dowry to three penniless maindens; his resurrection of three youts; and his rescuing of a ship at sea.
Biography of Gentile Da Fabriano:
Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370 – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his Adoration of the Magi (1423) and the Flight into Egypt. He was born in or near Fabriano, in the Marche. His mother died some time before 1380, and his father, Niccolò di Giovanni Massi, retired to a monastery in the same year, where he died in 1385. Little is known of his formation: one of his first known works, a Madonna with Child (c. 1395–1400, now in Berlin) shows the influence of the northern Italian late-Gothic painting.
The other famous paintings painted by Gentile Da Fabriano:
Madonna with Child and Angels with, in the cups, Angels and a medallion of the Redeemer (central compartment), 222.70 x 83 cm, The Royal Collection, Hampton Court, stored at the National Gallery, London
St. Mary Magdalene, with cusp (left compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence
St. Nicholas of Bari, with cusp (left compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence
St. John the Baptist, with cusp (right compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence
St. George, with cusp (right compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Predella Birth of St. Nicholas, 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome
The Gift of St. Nicholas, 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome
St. Nicholas Saving a Ship from the Tempest, 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome
Birth of St. Nicholas, 39 x 62 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome
St. Nicholas Saves Three Youths from the Brine, 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome
Miracle of the Pilgrims at St. Nicholas' Tomb, 36.5 x 36.5 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaratesi_Polyptych )
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