{"id":2782,"date":"2026-07-29T09:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/?page_id=2782"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:54:01","slug":"in-florence-and-san-gimignano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzos-biography\/in-florence-and-san-gimignano\/","title":{"rendered":"In Florence and San Gimignano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Return to Florence and departure for San Gimignano (1459-1467)<\/h2>\n<p>Piero il Gottoso (the Gouty), who was responsible for furnishing the new palace on Via Larga, decided to engage Benozzo to paint the private chapel, trusting in the artist\u2019s extraordinary talent to depict a vivid variety of subjects with an equally realistic rendering of portraits, clothing and landscapes. In 1459, therefore, he created the frescoes of the world-famous\u00a0Procession of the Magi, in which the sumptuous procession of the three kings is illustrated against a backdrop of richly detailed landscapes with a fairytale air, seeming to increase the size of the small chapel. In reality, this Evangelical episode was merely a pretext for the commissioners\u2019 desire to celebrate the power and wealth of the Medici family, effectively emphasised by the opulence of the robes, in a setting which undoubtedly served a dual purpose as a place of worship and a venue for small private audiences.<br \/>\nThis commission, still considered Benozzo\u2019s greatest masterpiece, demonstrates the artist\u2019s rise to the status of one of the powerful Medici family\u2019s most trusted painters.<\/p>\n<p>Although, due to the strictly private nature of the little chapel, these frescoes could not be seen by many of his contemporaries, Benozzo earned great fame for them and received commissions for important panel paintings. These included the\u00a0Madonna and Child with nine angels\u00a0(Detroit Museum), the pillar frescoed with three Saints within gilded panels (Accademia Gallery in Florence) and the altarpiece for the Confraternity of the Purification in Florence, originally housed in some of the rooms in the Convent of San Marco (Saint Mark). In the contract relating to this work, the clients explicitly requested that the artist use the same style as the altarpiece painted by Fra Angelico (Angelic Friar) for the church of that Convent. Benozzo\u2019s altarpiece, now housed in the National Gallery in London, was adorned with altar-step panels, now divided among various museums around the world.<br \/>\nThe painter received a further commission for a prestigious work from the wealthy Alessandri family who wished him to &#8220;improve&#8221; the fourteenth-century polyptych by Lippo di Benivieni in the Church of San Pier Maggiore in other words modernise the ancient painting according to the tastes of the day. Of Benozzo\u2019s part in this work, the four small altar-step panels illustrating the\u00a0Stories of the Saints\u00a0depicted in the main panel still survive and are housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.<br \/>\nOther works he produced during this period include the altar-step housed in the San Marco (Saint Mark) Museum which must have been part of a still unidentified altarpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Probably due to a plague outbreak which struck the city of Florence in 1463, Benozzo, now in a strong position due to the fame he had earned and perhaps thanks to mediation by the Medici family, relocated to San Gimignano where the learned Augustinian scholar Fra Domenico Strambi (Domenico Strambi Friar) commissioned him to paint a prestigious cycle of frescoes depicting the\u00a0Stories of Saint Augustine\u00a0for the town\u2019s church. This work was intended to celebrate the deeds of the saint, and Benozzo set to work with his usual mastery using the fresco technique, his favourite expressive medium. This professional skill, which earned him a reputation as an &#8220;excellent master of wall-painting&#8221;, in the words of his fellow artists who collaborated with him on that work, brought him new engagements in that town. While in San Gimignano, Benozzo sent a\u00a0Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria\u00a0(which may have been part of a dismembered polyptych for the main altar of the church dedicated to the Virgin Mary) to the Santa Maria dell&#8217;Oro Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Terni, Umbria region. The piece is still housed in the city\u2019s art gallery. As previously mentioned in relation to Benozzo\u2019s second stay in Rome, this was not the only occasion on which the painter sent works to other locations.<br \/>\nBeing in San Gimignano did not prevent the artist from maintaining working relationships with clients from elsewhere in Italy. Indeed, in 1465, the Vicar of Certaldo, responsible for administering justice in the whole of the Elsa Valley, including in capital cases, commissioned him to fresco the\u00a0Tabernacle of the Executed, then located near the bridge over the Agliena River. It was here that the members of the Brotherhood of Justice took care of those who had been condemned to death during their final hours, comforting them with their prayers and encouraging them to repent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caduta-di-Simon-Mago-predella-della-pala-Alessandri-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caduta-di-Simon-Mago-predella-della-pala-Alessandri-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Caduta-di-Simon-Mago-predella-della-pala-Alessandri.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caduta di Simon Mago, predella della pala Alessandri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1763\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Madonna-col-Bambino-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Madonna-col-Bambino-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Madonna-col-Bambino.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madonna col Bambino, Institute of Arts, Detroit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1764\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/San-Zanobi-resuscita-un-bambino-predella-della-pala-Alessandri-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/San-Zanobi-resuscita-un-bambino-predella-della-pala-Alessandri-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/San-Zanobi-resuscita-un-bambino-predella-della-pala-Alessandri.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Zanobi resuscita un bambino, predella della pala Alessandri, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related Links<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Opere<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#banchetto-di-erode\">&#8211; Banchetto di Erode<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/corteo-dei-magi\/\">&#8211; Corteo dei Magi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#cristo-in-croce\">&#8211; Cristo in croce adorato dai santi Girolamo e Francesco e il committente<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#crocifissione-con-la\">&#8211; Crocifissione con la Vergine, san Giovanni Evangelista, san Girolamo penitente, angeli ploranti e due profeti<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#la-caduta-di\">&#8211; La Caduta di Simon mago<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#madonna-col-bambino\">&#8211; Madonna col Bambino<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/the-madonna-and-child-enthroned-with-saints\/\">&#8211; Madonna in trono col Bambino tra i santi Giovanni Battista, Maria Maddalena, Agostino e Marta e Madonna dell\u2019umilit\u00e0 tra i santi Andrea e Prospero<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#matrimonio-mistico-di\">&#8211; Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina d&#8217;Alessandria<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#pala-della-purificazione\">&#8211; Pala della Purificazione<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#pilastrino-con-i\">&#8211; Pilastrino con i santi Bartolomeo, Giovanni Battista e Iacopo dalla Pala della Purificazione<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#predella-della-pala\">&#8211; Predella della pala Alessandri raffigurante la Caduta di Simon Mago, la Conversione di Saul, San Zanobi resuscita un bambino, Totila davanti a San Benedetto<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#predella-raffigurante-il\">&#8211; Predella raffigurante il Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina d&#8217;Alessandria, Cristo in piet\u00e0, sant&#8217;Antonio Abate, san Benedetto<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#presentazione-di-gesu\">&#8211; Presentazione di Ges\u00f9 al Tempio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/restoration-of-lippo-memmis-majesty\/\">&#8211; Restauro della Maest\u00e0 di Lippo Memmi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museobenozzogozzoli.it\/en\/discover-benozzo-and-his-museum\/benozzo-works\/benozzo-in-the-international-scene\/other-works\/#san-domenico-resuscita-un-bambino\">&#8211; San Domenico resuscita un bambino<\/a><br 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