Architectural Rendering Gates of Paradise
Artist: Unknown, marked "Designer: Joseph Moussa Firenze”
Date: Unknown
Medium: Ink and Water Color
CONDITION: Painting in excellent vintage condition, frame and matte good condition, minor marks consistent with age and wear.
DIMENSIONS: 11" H x 7" W, O/A Frame Size: 14" H x 10" W
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FACTS & HISTORY:
The Gates of Paradise; a massive pair of doors that are considered the defining moment of the Italian Renaissance. The original 17-foot gilded doors were created in the 15th-century workshop of sculptor and artist Lorenzo Ghiberti.
The original Gates of Paradise were set within the east portal of the Baptistery in Florence, and they functioned as a space of transition through which the baptized passed on their way to the Cathedral, which signified the Heavenly Kingdom to believers.
