Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder of the Medici family (including, possibly, Cosimo de' Medici himself) or, as he personally felt more likely, Antonio Botticelli, Botticelli's brother. This, he asserts, is based on the strength of the likeness of the youth to Botticelli himself, as portrayed in his "Adoration of the Magi". Antonio Botticelli had also recast and gilded medals, working in the court of the Medicis. However, he would have been about 40 at the time of the portrait. Frederick Hartt suggested it might be Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici ("Il Poplano", 1463–1503), whose two certain portraits, both profiles on medals, vary considerably, though one
Adoration of the Magi (tapestry) add a wealth of fine detail not possible in the tapestry version, especially in the clothing. "The Star of Bethlehem" was completed in 1890 and exhibited at the New Gallery, London, in the spring of 1891 before being sent on to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, where it remains. Adoration of the Magi (tapestry) The Adoration of the Magi is a Morris & Co. tapestry depicting the story in Christianity of the Three Kings who were guided to the birthplace of Jesus by the star of Bethlehem. It is sometimes called "The Star of Bethlehem" or simply "The Adoration."