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Gentile da Fabriano

American  
[jen-tee-ley duh fab-ree-ah-noh, jen-tee-le-dah fah-bryah-naw] / dʒɛnˈti leɪ də ˌfæb riˈɑ noʊ, dʒɛnˈti lɛ dɑ fɑˈbrjɑ nɔ /

noun

  1. 1370?–1427, Italian painter.


Gentile da Fabriano British  
/ dʒenˈtiːle da fabriˈɑːno /

noun

  1. 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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Paintings glistened with the burnished metals and translucent glazes evolved by Pisanello and Gentile da Fabriano.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most delightful of all, the Vatican has sent two sets of panels depicting the legend of St. Nicholas of Bari, by Gentile da Fabriano and Fra Angelico.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gentile da Fabriano, who was at Venice about 1420, painting in the Ducal Palace with Pisano as his assistant, may have brought this about.

From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles

Of Gentile da Fabriano, a very rare master, there hangs an Adoration of the Magi, marked May, 1423.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Many were naturalists, delighting, like Gentile da Fabriano, in the delineation of field flowers and living creatures, or, like Piero di Cosimo, in the portrayal of things rare and curious.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

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