(Fabriano, 1370 - Rome, 1427)
In 1408, the Italian painter Gentile da Fabriano worked in Venice. In 1409 he was working on the frescoes of the Doge’s Palace that were finished by Pisanello and later, were destroyed. From 1422 to 1425 he remained in Florence where he completed in May 1423 the brilliant altarpiece Adoration of the Magi (Uffizi Gallery), which is one of the most important masterpieces of the International Gothic movement. The work had a big influence on the Florentine Art.
By May of 1425, he finished the altarpiece Quaratesi (a polyptych). Nowadays the Madonna is preserved in the Royal British Collection and the rest is preserved in the Uffizi Gallery, The Vatican Museums and in Washington. In 1425 he left Florence and worked in Sienna and Orvieto. In 1427 he painted the frescoes on the Basilica of St. John in Lateran in Rome, which also were destroyed.
His art is the typical example of the International Gothic style; it is kind, elegant and courtier. He did not show interest in the intellectual problems of space or volume that were so disturbing for Masaccio, who also worked in Florence. Pisanello was the great artist that continued his work.
