The Quaratesi Polyptych is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter

Gentile da Fabriano Gentile da Fabriano ( – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic pictorial style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his '' Adoration of the ...

, 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. Today four of the five original compartments (including the painted cusp) are known, as well as some parts of the

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(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 Uffizi Paintings by Gentile da Fabriano Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings in the Vatican Museums Polyptychs Altarpieces Gold ground paintings