GOZZOLI, Benozzo
(b. ca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia)

Procession of the Middle King (detail)

1459-60
Fresco
Chapel, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence

Due to their identical physiognomy and their male attire, the three young riders cannot, as has been assumed, be depictions of the three daughters of Piero de' Medici. In addition, women were excluded from the Procession of the Magi.