The Quaratesi Polyptych is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter Gentile da Fabriano, now divided between several museums. It was painted by the artist for the Quaratesi family's chapel in the

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, perhaps not a long time after the

Strozzi Altarpiece The ''Adoration of the Magi'' is a painting by the Italian painter Gentile da Fabriano. The work, housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, is considered his finest work, and has been described as "the culminating work of International Got ...

. Today four of the five original compartments (including the painted cusp) are known, as well as some parts of the predella (which has scenes of the ''Life of St. Nicholas''): *''Madonna with Child and Angels'' with, in the cusp, ''Angels'' and a medallion of the ''Redeemer'' (central compartment), 139.9 x 83 cm, The Royal Collection, Hampton Court, stored at the

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*''St. Mary Magdalene'', with cusp (left compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence *''St. Nicholas of Bari'', with cusp (left compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence *''St. John the Baptist'', with cusp (right compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence *''St. George'', with cusp (right compartment), 200 x 60 cm, Uffizi, Florence *Predella **''Birth of St. Nicholas'', 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome **''The Gift of St. Nicholas'', 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome **''St. Nicholas Saving a Ship from the Tempest'', 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome **''St. Nicholas Saves Three Youths from the Brine'', 36.5 x 36.5 cm, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome **''Miracle of the Pilgrims at St. Nicholas' Tomb'', 36.5 x 36.5 cm,

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{{Gentile da Fabriano 1425 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Uffizi Paintings by Gentile da Fabriano Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings in the collection of the Vatican Museums Polyptychs Altarpieces Paintings on gold backgrounds