Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) other similarities it also has a peacock perched on the stable roof, and falconry imagery, with hawks attacking cranes both in the air and on the ground. The figure in black and white, behind the Magi and holding a falcon, may be a portrait of Piero de' Medici. There were several other important images of the Magi made for the Medici, apart from these and those in the palace chapel. The 1492 inventory lists four paintings, three probably from the period of Cosimo. Later, Botticelli was to paint several Medici portraits in his 1475 painting in the Uffizi, commissioned by
Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo) today was put there by Leonardo." As a part of his diagnostic survey on the "Adoration of the Magi", Seracini completed more than 2,400 detailed infrared photographic records of the painting's elaborate underdrawing, and scientific analyses. The new images revealed by the diagnostic techniques used by Seracini were initially made public in 2002 in an interview with "New York Times" reporter Melinda Henneberger. In 2005, nearing the end of his investigation, Seracini gave another interview, this time to "Guardian" reporter John Hooper. Seracini finally published his results in 2006: M. Seracini, "Diagnostic Investigations on the "Adoration of the Magi" by