Benozzo Gozzoli

Italian · 1420–1497

Italian Renaissance

A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced International Gothic influence.

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works in the Momentable archive: 4works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1420–1497life
movement: Italian Renaissancemovement

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The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Benozzo Gozzoli · National Gallery of Art

Saint Ursula with Two Angels and Donor

Benozzo Gozzoli · National Gallery of Art

Who Benozzo Gozzoli was

Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced International Gothic influence. The chapel's fresco cycle reveals a new Renaissance interest in nature with its realistic depiction of landscapes and vivid human portraits. Gozzoli is considered one of the most prolific fresco painters of his generation. While he was mainly active in Tuscany, he also worked in Umbria and Rome.

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