he painted the Story of the Magi in fresco.

In the Araceli at Rome, in the Chapel of the Cesarini, he painted the
stories of S. Anthony of Padua, wherein he made portraits from life of
Cardinal Giuliano Cesarini and Antonio Colonna. In the Conti Tower,
likewise, over a door under which one passes, he made in fresco a
Madonna with many saints; and in a chapel in S. Maria Maggiore, on the
right hand as one enters the church by the principal door, he painted
many figures in fresco, which are passing good.

After returning from Rome to Florence, Benozzo went to Pisa, where he
worked in the cemetery called the Campo Santo, which is beside the
Duomo, covering the surface of a wall that runs the whole length of the
building with stories from the Old Testament, wherein he showed very
great invention. And this may be said to be a truly tremendous work,
seeing that it contains all the stories of the Creation of the world
from one day to another. After this come Noah's Ark and the inundation
of the Flood, represented with very beautiful composition and an
abundance of figures. Then there follow the building of the proud Tower
of Nimrod, the burning of Sodom and the other neighbouring cities, and
the stories of Abraham, wherein there are some very beautiful effects to
be observed, for the reason that, although Benozzo was not remarkable
for the drawing of figures, yet he showed his art effectually in the
Sacrifice of Isaac, for there he painted an ass foreshortened in such a
manner that it seems to turn to either side, which is held something
very beautiful. After this comes the Birth of Moses, together with all
those signs and prodigies that were seen, up to the time when he led his
people out of Egypt and fed them for so many years in the desert. To
these he added all the stories of the Hebrews up to the time of David
and his son Solomon; and in this work Benozzo displayed a spirit truly
more than bold, for, whereas so great an enterprise might very well have
daunted a legion of painters, he alone wrought the whole and brought it
to perfection. Wherefore, having thus acquired very great fame, he won
the honour of having the following epigram placed in the middle of the
work:

[Illustration: BENOZZO BOZZOLI: MADONNA AND CHILD

(_Berlin: Kaiser Friedrich Museum, 60B. Panel_)]

QUID SPECTAS VOLUCRES, PISCES, ET MONSTRA FERARUM,
ET VIRIDES SILVAS AETHEREASQUE DOMOS,
ET PUEROS, JUVENES, MATRES, CANOSQUE PARENTES,