GENTILE DA FABRIANO
(b. ca. 1370, Fabriano Marche, d. 1427, Roma)

St Francis receives the Stigmata

c. 1415
Egg tempera on panel, 89 x 65 cm
Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Mamiano di Traversetolo

Originally the panel was double-sided and served as a processional standard held aloft in parades that honoured the Virgin Mary. Sometime prior to 1827, the panel was sawn down the middle to create two paintings; the reverse, depicting the Coronation of the Virgin, is now in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.