Coronation of the Virgin (Gentile da Fabriano)

Coronation of the Virgin is a painting by Gentile da Fabriano, executed c. 1420, 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.

Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1420) by Gentile da Fabriano

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
  1. Mauro Minardi, Gentile da Fabriano, Skira, Milano 2005.
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