Ghiberti, Lorenzo

Lorenzo Ghiberti, (born c. 1378, Pelago, Italy—died December 1, 1455, Florence), early Italian Renaissance sculptor, whose doors (Gates of Paradise; 1425–52) for the Baptistery of the cathedral of Florence are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art in the Quattrocento. Other works include three bronze statues for Orsanmichele (1416–25) and the reliefs for the cathedral in Siena (1417–27). Ghiberti also wrote I Commentarii, three treatises on art history and theory from antiquity to his time.