In the naming of the child we find Medici portraits once more, that family being related to the Tornabuoni; and Mr.Davies, in his book on Ghirlandaio, offers the interesting suggestion, which he supports very reasonably, that the painter has made the incident refer to the naming of Lorenzo de' Medici's third son, Giovanni (or John), who afterwards became Pope Leo X.In that case the man on the left, in green, with his hand on his hip, would be Lorenzo himself, whom he certainly resembles.

Who the sponsor is is not known.

The landscape and architecture are alike charming.
Above these we faintly see that strange Baptism of Christ, so curiously like the Verrocchio in the Accademia, and the Baptist preaching.
The left wall is perhaps the favourite.

We begin with Joachim being driven from the Temple, one of the lowest pair; and this has a peculiar interest in giving us a portrait of the painter and his associates--the figure on the extreme right being Benedetto Mainardi; then Domenico Ghirlandaio; then his father; and lastly his brother David.

On the opposite side of the picture is the fated Lorenzo Tornabuoni, of whom I have spoken above, the figure farthest from the edge, with his hand on his hip.