Live Auction 22751Old Master Paintings and Sculpture: Part II
POSSIBLY BY MARINELLI FOUNDRY, FLORENCE, AFTER LORENZO GHIBERTI (ITALIAN, 1378-1455), MODERN
Lot 200

POSSIBLY BY MARINELLI FOUNDRY, FLORENCE, AFTER LORENZO GHIBERTI (ITALIAN, 1378-1455), MODERN

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

Closed31 January 2024

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POSSIBLY BY MARINELLI FOUNDRY, FLORENCE, AFTER LORENZO GHIBERTI (ITALIAN, 1378-1455), MODERN
TWO ITALIAN GILT-RESIN RELIEF PANELS FROM THE GATES OF PARADISE
37 x 37 in. (94 x 94 cm.) Adam and Eve
36 ¾ x 36 ¾ in. (93.4 x 93.4 cm.) Moses

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 16 June 2022, lot 71.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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 modern renderings cast after the Adam and Eve and Moses panels on the doors.