Coronation of the Virgin (Gentile da Fabriano)
Coronation of the Virgin is a c.1420 painting by Gentile da Fabriano, now in the Getty Museum. It originated as the front of the a processional banner - the reverse showed Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata and is now in Parma.
The banner was painted for a confraternity based at the San Francesco Monastery in Fabriano, the painter's birthplace - he had returned there from Brescia for a few months in spring 1420 before moving on to Florence. Ambrogio de' Bizochis was probably the intermediary between the painter and the confraternity - he was cousin to Egidio, brother of Gentile's wife[1].
References
- Mauro Minardi, Gentile da Fabriano, Skira, Milano 2005.
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