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Copy after the fresco <i>The Procession of the Kings</i> (wall with the <i>Procession of the Middle King, Balthasar</i>), Benozzo Gozzoli in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Chapel, Florence, by Benozzo Gozzoli, watercolor, 1881

Copy after the fresco <i>The Procession of the Kings</i> (wall with the <i>Procession of the Middle King, Balthasar</i>), Benozzo Gozzoli in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Chapel, Florence

Benozzo Gozzoli

1881

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Copy after the fresco <i>The Procession of the Kings</i> (wall with the <i>Procession of the Middle King, Balthasar</i>), Benozzo Gozzoli in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Chapel, Florence is a 1881 watercolor by Benozzo Gozzoli, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Benozzo Gozzoli
When & what style?
1881 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This watercolour is a copy of a famous fresco from Florence. It shows Balthasar, one of the Three Kings, riding in a colorful parade. The original was painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in the 1400s, but this version is from 1881. An Austrian artist named Edward Kaiser made the copy. The Arundel Society asked him to do it, but the image was never printed. It was meant to help people learn about old art. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour copy made in 1881 by Edward Kaiser after Benozzo Gozzoli’s fresco *Procession of the Middle King (Balthasar)* in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Chapel, Florence. The scene depicts a mountainous landscape with a procession of figures, horses, and exotic animals, featuring the crowned horseman Balthasar in the foreground. Commissioned by the Arundel Society for the dissemination of Old Master art, this copy was never published.

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About the artist

Portrait of Benozzo Gozzoli
Artist

Benozzo Gozzoli

Benozzo Gozzoli (pronounced ; born Benozzo di Lese; c. 1421 – 4 October 1497) 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…

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