Lorenzo Ghiberti (; 1378 – 1 December 1455), born
Lorenzo di Bartolo, was a
Florentine Italian artist of the
Early Renaissance best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the
Florence Baptistery, called by
Michelangelo the
Gates of Paradise. Trained as a
goldsmith and sculptor, he established an important workshop for sculpture in metal. His book of
Commentari contains important writing on art, as well as what may be the earliest surviving
autobiography by any artist.