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TitleGates of Paradise

Creator nameGhiberti, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1425–1452

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsGilded bronze

DimensionsUnknown

LocationBaptistery, Florence

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsBattistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Italy)Bronze doorsChristian art and symbolism--15th centuryNarrative art, Italian

StatusThird gates, facing the main entrance to the cathedral

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VIII. Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise

Jules Lubbock

Storytelling in Christian Art from Giotto to Donatello

~~Ghiberti, meanwhile, had been working on the third gates for the Florence Baptistry (Fig. 134), for which he was awarded the commission in January 1425,...

Author

Jules Lubbock

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.227-243

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00216.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20545&redirecttoanchor=56817

Chapter subject tags:Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 1378-1455. Gates of paradiseFlorence (Italy)--HistorySculpture, Renaissance--Italy--FlorenceBattistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Italy)Christian art and symbolism--15th century

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