Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) wall until his death. These "desci" were typically decorated with allegorical or mythological scenes, while the large tondo was mostly used for religious subjects. But the shape was not found in paintings for churches, and may have carried a deliberate suggestion of a commission for a palace. Apart from the tondo being discussed, another with a loosely similar composition showing the "Adoration of the Magi", by Domenico Veneziano (now Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) is probably a Medici commission of c. 1439–1442; it may also be another painting recorded in the 1492 inventory (though that Magi tondo is there attributed to Pesellino). Among
Adoration of the Magi (Mantegna) the Soul of the Virgin". According to Longhi, "Circumcision" replaced "Death of the Virgin" when it was decided to limit the scheme solely to scenes from Christ's life. The panel was probably located in the chapel's apse. The Magi are depicted while descending to the Child's grotto from a path carved out in the rock. The Virgin is portrayed with a crown of angels, according to a Byzantine model. Another version of the painting sold for the then record price of $10.5 million in 1985. Adoration of the Magi (Mantegna) The Adoration of the Magi or Uffizi Triptych is a