Lorenzo Ghiberti (, , 1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was a Florentine Italian artist of the Early Renaissance best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise. Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor, he established an important workshop for sculpture in metal. His book of Commentarii contains important writing on art, as well as what may be the earliest surviving ([autobiography]) by any artist.
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1378 Florence, Republic of Florence
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1455 (aged 76) Florence, Republic of Florence
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