Journey Of The Magi By Bennozzo Gozzoli (1459-60) Art On Wooden Serving Tray

Vintage painted wooden serving tray depicting a scene from of the Renaissance Master Benozzo Gozzoli's famous frescos of the Magi Chapell in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi of Florence/Italy.

The Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem is covered in three large frescos, each showing the procession of one of the Three Magi on their way to Bethlehem to see the Nativity of Jesus. On the West wall, Melchior, the oldest Magus, leads the procession. On the South Wall, Balthasar, the middle Magus, rides a white horse.
The tray featured here is a replica of the east wall. Here, Caspar, the youngest Magus, leads the end of the procession on a white horse. Closely following Caspar are the contemporary head of the family, Piero the Gouty on a white horse, and devout family founder Cosimo on a humble donkey. Then come Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta and Galeazzo Maria Sforza, respectively lord of Rimini and Milan. They did not take part in the Council, but were guests of the Medici in Florence in the time the frescoes were painted. After them is a procession of illustrious Florentines, such as the humanists Marsilio Ficino and the Pulci brothers, the members of the Art Guilds and Benozzo himself. The painter looks out at the viewer and can be recognized for the scroll on his red hat, reading Opus Benotii. Little Lorenzo il Magnifico is the boy directly below him with the distinctive snub nose; Lorenzo's younger brother Giuliano is next to him.

15 X 12

18%

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