Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Restored Figurine in Niche," a gilt bronze from 1425-52. Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Restored Prophet’s Head," a gilt bronze from 1425-52.

In 1401, Lorenzo Ghiberti won the competition held by the Arte di Calimala, the guild of importers and finishers of woolen cloth, to decorate the north doors of the baptistery in Florence. Baptism of ...

In 1401, under the patronage of the Arte di Calimala, a competition to decorate the east doors of the baptistery in Florence was announced. Of the seven Tuscan sculptors who entered the competition, ...

Lorenzo Ghiberti's doors included a sculpted self portrait of himself (left circle), and his son, Vittorio (right circle). This replica at the Florence baptistry shows the gilded-bronze details.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1419 the Florentine bankers’ guild commissioned Lorenzo Ghiberti to create a statue of St. Matthew, its patron saint, as something of an advertisement. The resulting ...

Lorenzo Ghiberti was an Italian Old Masters sculptor who was born in 1378. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Detroit Institute of Arts have featured Lorenzo Ghiberti's work in the past.

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When the artists of Florence, Italy, swung open the doors of the Baptistery of the Duomo (cathedral) now known as the "Gates of Paradise" in 1452, a new world was waiting on the other side.

But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century door — which bears scenes from the Old Testament — won't be going back in its place on the baptistery of Florence's duomo, or cathedral.

Lorenzo Ghiberti's "Jacob and Esau," a gilt bronze created 1425-52. Opificio Delle Pietre Dure, Florence A conservator uses a laser to clean the doorframe of Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise .