The beauty of the heads in this scene is indescribable, their attitudes all different, some full-face, some in profile, some three-quarters, some bent down, and in various other ways, while the expressions of the attendants, both young and old, are greatly varied, displaying the artist's perfect mastery of his profession. Sandro further clearly shows the distinction between the suites of each of the kings. It is a marvellous work in colour, design and composition.
Del Lama is portrayed as the old man with white hair and a light blue robe looking at the observer and pointing in the latter's direction with his right hand. In the picture is also present Botticelli's alleged self-portrait, as the man with yellow mantle on the far right.
The attention to details, such as the garments rendering, show the acquisition by the Florentine artists of the influences from the Flemish school at this point of his career.
