Early Life and Training Benozzo Gozzoli (b. ca. 1420, Firenze, Italy—died Oct. 4, 1497, Pistoia) was an italian renaissance painter from florence, best known for his series of murals in the palazzo medici-riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced international gothic influence. As a young artist, gozzoli was a pupil and assistant of the renowned painter fra angelico. Some of his early works, such as those in the convent of san marco in florence, were executed after fra angelico's designs. This training laid the foundation for gozzoli’s fut…