Giuseppe Alinari
Lorenzo Ghiberti's bronze door, Gates of Paradise, Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lorenzo Ghiberti's bronze door, Gates of Paradise, Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence
Date1852–1858
PlaceFlorence, Italy
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 16 7/8 × 12 1/2in. (42.8 × 31.7cm)
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 17 3/8in. (54.6 × 44.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in honor of Isabel B. Wilson, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.211
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on recto of mount: "Porta Principale del Battistero, Firenze"
Blind stamp: "Fratelli Alinari // Fotografi // Firenze // Presso Luigi Gardi"
Inscribed in negative: "159"
There is no signature.

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