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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

It would be interesting to see what Pinturicchio would have made of El Azhar; or how Gentile da Fabriano would have copied the crowded outer court.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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

Later on there was a slight influence from Gentile da Fabriano and his fellow-worker Vittore Pisano, of Verona.

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

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