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"...and he also did a circular picture of the Epiphany." I-226
Adoration of the Magi, London
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"For a chapel belonging to the monks of Cestello he did a panel picture of the Annunciation." I-226
Cestello Annunciation
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"Then for San Piero Maggiore, by the side door, he did a panel for Matteo Palmieri, showing the Assumption of our Lady and the circles of heaven, the patriarchs, prophets and apostles, the evangelists, martyrs, confessors, doctors, virgins and the hierarchy of angels." I-226 This is actually by Botticini Assumption of the Virgin
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"At that time Sandro was commissioned to paint a small panel
which was placed in Santa Maria Novella. The subject is the Adoration of the Magi, and the picture is remarkable for the emotion shown by the elderly
man as he kisses the foot of Our Lord with wonderful tenderness and conveys his sense of relief at having come to the end of his long journey." I-226 Adoration of the Magi
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Adoration of the Magi (detail - Lorenzo de' Medici)
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"His Adoration of the Magi made Botticelli so famous that Pope Sixtus IV decided that he should be put in charge of the work [of painting the Sistine chapel].
So Botticelli himself painted the following scenes for the chapel: Christ tempted by the devil..." I-227
The Temptation of Christ, Sistine Chapel, Vatican
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"...Moses slaying the Egyptian and accepting drink from the daughters of Jethro the Midianite;" I-227
The Story of Moses
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The daughters of Jethro
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"..fire falling from heaven on the sacrifices of the sons of Aaron;" I-227
The Sacrifice of Korah
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The Sacrifice of Korah (detail)
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"...and several portraits of canonised popes in the niches above." I-227
The Vatican frescoes
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