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 (Lorenzo Monaco) landscape of Giottoesque inspiration. The garments of the standing Magi and the one next to him have writing in Arabic. In the cusps are a "Blessing Redemeer" and, in the middle, two prophets. In the 15th century between the cusps were added two further prophets and an "Annunciation", partly executed by Cosimo Rosselli. Adoration of the Magi (Lorenzo Monaco) The Adoration of the Magi is a tempera on panel painting by the Italian late Gothic artist Lorenzo Monaco, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The painting is known by a rather complete documentation. It was executed by Lorenzo