Gates of Paradise / Baptistery of San Giovanni, Gates of Paradise / Cain and Abel: Total view with flanking figures / Renaissance; Creation date: 1425-1452

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Work Title: Gates of Paradise; Baptistery of San Giovanni, Gates of Paradise
View Title: Cain and Abel: Total view with flanking figures
Creator/Culture: sculptor: Lorenzo Ghiberti (Italian, 1381-1455)
Site/Repository: Site: Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy) (replicas); Repository: Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo (Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy) (originals)
Period/Date: Renaissance; Creation date: 1425-1452
Media/Technique: gilt bronze
Dimensions: height of doors: 4.57 m (15 feet)
Subjects: Doors; Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Italy); Paradise; Sculptures (visual works); Florence (Italy); Moses (Biblical leader); David, King of Israel; Joseph (Son of Jacob); Relief (sculpture techniques); Bas-reliefs; Ghiberti, Lorenzo (Italian artist, 1381-1455); Renaissance
Work Record ID: 150962
Image Record ID: 1394980
Classification Filing Number: 272; G322; 86BP 12; L101

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 1394980
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1394980/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1394980. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1394980/1. July 10, 2025.