Located at The Getty Museum in Malibu, California, this work by Gentile painted for his native town, Fabriano in the Marches, probably for a confraternity associated with the church of San Francesco. Originally the panel was double-sided and served as a processional standard held aloft in parades that honored the Virgin Mary. Sometime prior to 1827, the panel was sawn down the middle to create two paintings; the reverse, depicting the Stigmatization of Saint Francis is now in the collection of the Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy.
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coronation of the virgin, gentile da fabriano, da fabriano, renaissance, old masters, old master, painting, gold leaf, panel, getty museum, italy, italian art, italian, getty, religious, historical, art history, italian renaissance