The banner was painted for a confraternity based at the San Francesco Monastery in Fabriano, the painter's birthplace - he had returned there from Brescia for a few months in spring 1420 before moving on to Florence. Ambrogio de' Bizochis was probably the intermediary between the painter and the confraternity - he was cousin to Egidio, brother of Gentile's wife.Mauro Minardi, Gentile da Fabriano, Skira, Milano 2005.Laura Laureati, Lorenza Mochi Onori (organization), Gentile da Fabriano e l'altro Rinascimento (catalogue of the exhibition held in February 2006), Milan, Electa, 2006, pp. 180-185 (Italian),
