Botticelli’s graceful treatment of the Virgin Mary in painting resulted in some of the most beautiful figures in the history of art. Often accompanied by equally beautiful angels or saints, Botticelli’s Madonnas are usually idealized and often painted in the tondo format. It may have been Botticelli’s beautiful early Madonnas that caught the eye of the Medici family. Although Lorenzo “il Magnifico” de’ Medici most likely did not commission Botticelli directly, his direct involvement and sponsorship of humanism and Neoplatonism created the cultural environment that inspired Botticelli’s later mythologies. Botticelli was also responsible for one of the most celebrated portraits of Giuliano de’ Medici, who was assassinated during the Pazzi Conspiracy, as well as two “Adoration of the Magi” paintings that include portraits of several Medici family members.