'Cosmo De Medici as One of the Wise Men', c1930. Italian banker and politician Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464) depicted kneeling in front of the Virgin in a nativity scene. 'From the painting of the Adoration of the Wise Men, ['Adoration of the Magi', painted in 1475], by Sandro Botticelli, who included a portrait of his patron'. From "The World's Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O'Neill. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, c1930]