That is Piero, with the 7 Palle and feathers on his horse - (The figure on the donkey to his left, not shown, being Cosimo the Elder)Huck wrote:
Note beneath the palle is the motto semper - which according to some was first adopted by Cosimo and was also part of Piero's personal impresse - as on the oculus stained glass window with the Mamluk script around it - but according to others was introduced by Piero - for example the site here, re: the birth tray of Piero's son Lorenzo c1449:
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It was with the birth of Piero’s first son, Lorenzo de’ Medici, who was already called il magnifico—the magnificent—during his lifetime, that Medici patronage developed into an extravagant dynastic display. For the event of his son’s birth, Piero commissioned a magnificent childbirth tray, known as a descho da parto, depicting the Triumph of Fame, an allegory drawn from Petrarch’s I Trionfi. Most childbirth trays known from inventories and extant examples appear to have been intended to carry food and gifts into the birth chamber. The Triumph of Fame tray, however, given its large size and extremely fine painting, was unquestionably intended as a showpiece to celebrate the continuation of the Medici line and the alliance of the Medici and Tornabuoni families. Fame, a female figure dressed in classical costume, stands high and confident on a globe, a sword in one hand and a statuette of Cupid in the other, receiving the acclamation of a band of warriors and nobles. The image of Fame for Lorenzo’s childbirth tray was almost certainly chosen to announce that this son of the Medici family was destined to be the leader of the city of Florence. The tray contains an abundance of references to the Medici in coats of arms and imprese. The reverse of the tray, usually not displayed, presents three emblems that were introduced to Medici imagery by Piero and were to become a staple of Medici family decoration: the diamond ring; the three colored ostrich feathers, signifying the three theological virtues, hope (green), faith (white), and charity (red); and the scroll inscribed with the motto Semper, or “Always.”