Where can you see Benozzo Gozzoli in Florence?

At Palazzo Medici Riccardi: The Journey of the Magi. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Benozzo Gozzoli's most famous work in Florence?

The Journey of the Magi, of about 1459 to 1461, at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Three walls of horsemen, pages, hunting cats and castles winding down a mountain road. The Medici ride behind the youngest king, and the painter looks out from the crowd.

When and where was Benozzo Gozzoli born?

About 1421, at near Florence, Italy. Benozzo Gozzoli died on 4 October 1497, at Pistoia, Italy, aged about 76.

What is Benozzo Gozzoli known for?

Was a pupil and assistant of Fra Angelico. Signed the Magi Chapel on the cap of his own portrait. The chapel was built without windows, to be seen by lamplight. Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1421 to 1497

Benozzo Gozzoli

Benozzo Gozzoli was Fra Angelico's assistant, and had none of his master's austerity. Given the walls of the Medici's private chapel, he covered them with a pageant.

Born: 1421, near Florence, Italy
Died: 1497, Pistoia, Italy
Movement: Early Renaissance
In Florence: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Benozzo Gozzoli in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Palazzo Medici Riccardi1 work

The Journey of the Magi
about 1459 to 1461
Three walls of horsemen, pages, hunting cats and castles winding down a mountain road. The Medici ride behind the youngest king, and the painter looks out from the crowd.

The life of Benozzo Gozzoli

Benozzo di Lese was born near Florence about 1421. He worked with Ghiberti on the baptistery doors and with Fra Angelico at San Marco and in Rome.

About 1459 the Medici had him paint their chapel. He spent much of his later life on a vast cycle in the cemetery of Pisa, and died at Pistoia in 1497.

What to know

Was a pupil and assistant of Fra Angelico
Signed the Magi Chapel on the cap of his own portrait
The chapel was built without windows, to be seen by lamplight

Born: About 1421, near Florence, Italy
Died: 4 October 1497, Pistoia, Italy

Benozzo Gozzoli: common questions

Where can you see Benozzo Gozzoli in Florence?: At Palazzo Medici Riccardi: The Journey of the Magi. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Benozzo Gozzoli's most famous work in Florence?: The Journey of the Magi, of about 1459 to 1461, at Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Three walls of horsemen, pages, hunting cats and castles winding down a mountain road. The Medici ride behind the youngest king, and the painter looks out from the crowd.
When and where was Benozzo Gozzoli born?: About 1421, at near Florence, Italy. Benozzo Gozzoli died on 4 October 1497, at Pistoia, Italy, aged about 76.
What is Benozzo Gozzoli known for?: Was a pupil and assistant of Fra Angelico. Signed the Magi Chapel on the cap of his own portrait. The chapel was built without windows, to be seen by lamplight. Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.