Lorenzo Ghiberti 1378-1455
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- 1401
- Lorenzo Ghiberti returns to Florence from Pesaro after hearing about a competition to create bronze doors for the Florence Baptistery.
- 1402
- Beating out Brunelleschi and others, Lorenzo Ghiberti is chosen by a large panel of judges to create the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery. This brings the young Ghiberti immediate and enduring fame as an artist.
- 1406
- Lorenzo Ghiberti's mother marries Florentine goldsmith Bartolo di Michele, with whom she and Lorenzo had been living for a long time (he may be Lorenzo's father, but this is unclear). Bartolo trained Lorenzo as a goldsmith in his childhood.
- 1412
- The Arte dei Mercanti di Calimala, the guild of the merchant bankers, commission Lorenzo Ghiberti to sculpt a larger-than-life bronze statue of their patron saint, John the Baptist, for a niche on the outside of the guildhouse, the Orsan Michele. This is
- 1417
- Lorenzo Ghiberti is commissioned to create two bronze reliefs for the baptistery font in Siena. He is already so busy that he does not finish them until 10 years later, under pressure from the Sienese authorities.
- 1418
- Lorenzo Ghibert's second son, Vittorio, is born. He will take over his father's business after his death.
- 1419
- While Pope Martin V is in Florence, Ghiberti is hired in his original trade as a goldsmith to create a morse and mitre for the pope. Unfortunately, these works do not survive.
