The real jewel of the building is on the first floor of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Chapel of the Magi frescoed by Benozzo Gozzoli in the fifteenth century. It was the private chapel for the Medici family, but as mentioned above, it also was shown to visitors. Here, Benozzo Gozzoli, pupil of the famous Fra Angelico, created a beautiful series of frescoes depicting the Cavalcade of the Magi to Bethlehem.The fresco's colors and atmosphere bring to mind Flemish paintings and tapestries and are without a doubt the artist's most famous work of art.The theme of the Cavalcade of the Magi occupies three of the four chapel walls, those on the eastern, southern and western sides. "The Journey of the Magi" is on the largest wall, while the "Vigil of the Shepherds awaiting the Announcement" is on the wall above the doors to the sacristies.
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