Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
TWO ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE RELIEF PANELS FROM THE GATES OF PARADISE
Lot 326

TWO ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE RELIEF PANELS FROM THE GATES OF PARADISE

CAST BY FERDINANDO MARINELLI, FLORENCE, AFTER LORENZO GHIBERTI

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 20,000

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TWO ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE RELIEF PANELS FROM THE GATES OF PARADISE
CAST BY FERDINANDO MARINELLI, FLORENCE, AFTER LORENZO GHIBERTI
One depicting the Story of Joseph, the other of Jacob and Esau, each in an integrally cast patinated frame, one signed 'Fusee Ferdinando Marinelli Firenze'
35 in. (89 cm.) square, overall

Acquired from Pietro Bazzanti & Son, Florence.

Specialist note

The East Doors, or The Gates of Paradise, were commissioned by the Arte di Calimala (The Cloth Merchants Guild) for the Baptistery in Florence in 1425. Completed by Lorenzo Ghiberti, these two panels are casts after the fifth and sixth panels on the doors.