Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy

View of east side of the Baptistery of San Giovanni with view of Ghiberti’s second door (the Gates of Paradise), 1425-1452, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Creation panel from the Gates of Paradise, 1425-1452, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Esau panel from the Gates of Paradise, 1425-1452, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti, detail of Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Esau panel from the Gates of Paradise, 1425-1452, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Joseph panel from the Gates of Paradise, 1425-1452, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy