Benozzo Gozzoli, Procession of the Magi (panel, detail)

Description

The frescoes unfold scenographically around the viewer and one has the impression of admiring the procession without interruption, from within a curve of its course. The main subject of this cycle is the Procession of the Magi, which occupies the three walls of the main hall, which is flanked, above the doors of the sacristies, by the frescoes with the shepherds waiting for the announcement. The small scarsella is decorated with the adoring Angels on the sides of the walls and the symbols of the four Evangelists behind the altar. However, the narrative begins outside the room, precisely above the door through which the small vestibule leads to the chapel, where the Agnus Dei is depicted.