Eastern Doors of the Baptistery in Florence
(Porta del Paradiso)
by Lorenzo GHIBERTI

Ghiberti was renowned both for his monumental bronze sculptures and for his development of a new type of pictorial low relief, which culminated in the panels of the Gates of Paradise for the Baptistery, Florence. His richly decorative and elegant art, which reached its most brilliant expression in the Gates of Paradise, did not break dramatically with the tradition of Late Gothic, yet Ghiberti was undoubtedly one of the great creative personalities of early Renaissance art; no contemporary artist had so deep an influence on the art and sculpture of later times.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Eastern Door of the Baptistery (Porta del Paradiso)
1425-52
Bronze with gilding, 599 x 462 cm
Baptistery, Florence

941*1450
True Color
276 Kb



Eastern Door of the Baptistery (Porta del Paradiso)
1425-52
Bronze with gilding, 599 x 462 cm
Baptistery, Florence

971*1450
True Color
260 Kb



Eastern Door of the Baptistery (Porta del Paradiso)
1425-52
Bronze with gilding, 599 x 462 cm
Baptistery, Florence

820*1111
True Color
197 Kb



Panel No. 1: Creation of Adam and Eve
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

970*1000
True Color
225 Kb



Panel No. 2: Cain and Abel
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*952
True Color
186 Kb



Panel No. 2: Cain and Abel
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1350*1059
True Color
172 Kb



Panel No. 3: Stories of Noah
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*957
True Color
193 Kb



Panel No. 4 Stories of Abraham
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*899
True Color
181 Kb



Panel No. 5 Isaac with Esau and Jacob
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*981
True Color
124 Kb



Panel No. 6: Stories of Joseph
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*923
True Color
217 Kb



Panel No. 6: Stories of Joseph
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

968*909
True Color
163 Kb



Panel No. 7: Moses on Mount Sinai
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*964
True Color
230 Kb



Panel No. 7: Moses on Mount Sinai
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1350*1013
True Color
217 Kb



Panel No. 8: Stories of Joshua
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*856
True Color
216 Kb



Panel No. 9: David and Goliath
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

992*1000
True Color
182 Kb



Panel No. 9: David and Goliath
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1350*1013
True Color
223 Kb



Panel No. 10: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1000*986
True Color
179 Kb



Panel No. 10: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
1425-52
Gilded bronze, 79 x 79 cm
Baptistery, Florence

1350*1013
True Color
290 Kb



Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (detail)
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

1405*718
True Color
236 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: Samson
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

523*2000
True Color
144 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: detail of the borders
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

807*1300
True Color
124 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: detail of the borders
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

1450*1408
True Color
247 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: detail of the borders
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

1300*1199
True Color
162 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: Self-Portrait
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

731*1300
True Color
161 Kb



Porta del Paradiso: Self-Portrait
1425-52
Gilded bronze
Baptistery, Florence

801*1000
True Color
136 Kb




Works by Lorenzo Ghiberti
North Doors of the Baptistery | Porta del Paradiso | various