Self-portrait on Gates of Paradise

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Self-portrait on Gates of Paradise is a small sculpted likeness of Lorenzo Ghiberti incorporated into his renowned bronze doors for the Florence Baptistery, serving as an early example of an artist’s self-representation in public art.

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Self-portrait on Gates of Paradise canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf relief sculpture ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
self-portrait ⓘ
artisticFunction signature-like identification of the artist ⓘ
artMovement Early Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith Florence Baptistery doors ⓘ
Gates of Paradise project ⓘ
commissionedContext decoration of the Florence Baptistery ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
creator Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
culturalContext Italian Renaissance ⓘ
depictionType bust ⓘ
depicts Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
self-portrait ⓘ
hasMedium gilded bronze ⓘ
hasPart bust of Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
inception 15th century ⓘ
integratedInto door frame of the Gates of Paradise ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Florence ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
location Florence Baptistery ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
notableFor early example of artist self-representation in public art ⓘ
partOf Gates of Paradise ⓘ
positionInWork framing element of the door ⓘ
subjectGender male ⓘ
visualRole identifying the maker of the doors ⓘ

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Lorenzo Ghiberti → notableWork → Self-portrait on Gates of Paradise ⓘ