Benozzo Gozzoli
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Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting fes
Self-portrait from fresco Procession of the Magi
Scenes from the Life of St Francis, Museum Complex of San Francesco, Montefalco, 1452
Journey of the Magi (East Wall), Magi Chapel of Palazzo Medici, Florence, 1459–1461
Purification of the Virgin, 1460–1461 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
John VIII Palaiologos
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John VIII Palaiologos was the penultimate Roman emperor to rule in Constantinople. Ruling from 1425 to 1448, he attempted to bring about the reunification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches and pri
Benozzo Gozzoli
…attributed to Fra Angelico) St. Ursula, 1455–1460, National Gallery of Art, Washington The middle king in the Magi Chapel is believed to represent John VIII, 1459–1461, Palazzo Medici, Florence Saints with Kneeling Donors, 1481, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Notes References Sources Roger J. Crum…
Detail from The Middle King by Benozzo Gozzoli, in the Magi Chapel of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, 1459–1461. Balthazar is represented as John VIII; the portrait is based on contemporary drawings made in Italy.
Miniature depicting a young John VIII (far left) with his family, c. 1404.
A famous portrait medal by Pisanello made in Florence, 1438
Sketches of John VIII at the Council of Florence, by Pisanello