Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) The Adoration of the Magi is a tondo, or circular painting, of the "Adoration of the Magi" assumed to be that recorded in 1492 in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence as by Fra Angelico. It dates from the mid-15th century and is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Most art historians think that Filippo Lippi painted more of the original work, and that it was added to some years after by other artists, as well as including work by assistants in the workshops of both the
Chiesa dei Re Magi, Pergola and stone, including statues of sybils and prophets, by Tommaso Amantini (1625-1675). The canvases span painters from the late 16th to early 18th centuries. The main altarpiece, which gives the chapel its name, is an "Adoration of the Magi" by Aurelio Lomi. The walls of the chapel have canvases depicting "John the Baptist signaling Christ to the Apostles" by Ercole Ramazzani, and a "Baptism of Christ" and "Marriage at Cana" by Giovanni Francesco Ferri. The chapel also contains a polychrome-painted gesso Pietà from the 15th century. Chiesa dei Re Magi, Pergola The Chiesa dei Re Magi, also known as the