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Apr 3, 1378
Birthday
Lorenzo Ghiberti was born on April 3rd, 1378 into a well-respected Gold Smith family. His father, Bartolucci Ghiberti, was a very well respected Goldsmith with Fiore Ghiberti as his wife. -
Period: Apr 3, 1378 to Dec 1, 1455
Life of Lorenzo Ghiberti
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1392
Silk and Gold Guild
Lorenzo Ghiberti was admitted into the Silk and Gold Guild and starts to know what working at a job is like and how to get paid for a living. -
1398
Mastering Silk and Gold Guild
Lorenzo Ghiberti passes his Silk and Gold Guild Examination and becomes a master of the SIlk and Gold Guild. -
1400
The Black Death
In 1400, the Black Death reached Florence. Because of this, Lorenzo Ghiberti was forced to leave Florence to not catch the Black Death. -
1401
Returning to Florence and a Competition
Lorenzo Ghiberti returned to Florence in 1401 as the Black Death was vanquished from the city state. He immediately entered a competition in 1401 to build a pair of bronze doors (a portal) and competed against Filippo Brunelleschi and Jacopo della Quercia. -
1403
Winning the Competition
Lorenzo Ghiberti wins the competition and begins working on the bronze portal, in which he nicknames the “North Portal” -
Period: 1404 to 1416
Completing Great Works of Art
Lorenzo Ghiberti began creating more works of breathtaking and astonishing works of art. -
1416
Saint John the Baptist
Lorenzo Ghiberti completes a great, breathtaking bronze statue of Saint John the Baptist -
1425
Lorenzo Ghiberti commissioned
Lorenzo Ghiberti commissioned to build a pair of Bronze Doors for a church named the Baptistry. -
1426
Working on the Bronze Doors
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Period: 1440 to 1450
The Doors are completed
The Bronze Doors are completed and are nicknamed by Michelangelo “The Gates of Paradise” -
Dec 1, 1455
Death.
Lorenzo Ghiberti died on December 1st, 1455 due to a fever he had, and had no medicine.