In his third declaration for the Catasto, Lorenzo (“di Bartolo”) Ghiberti writes that he is in charge of the Baotistery doors. The Arte di Calimala owes him over 1000 florins. Ghiberti is still the owner of the house in Borgo Allegri, of the plot of…
In his second declaration for the Catasto, Lorenzo (“di Bartolo”) Ghiberti writes that he is in charge of the Baptistery doors. He still owns the house in Borgo Allegri and the plot of land in San Donato Fronzano, but he is now also the owner of a…
In this first declaration for the Catasto, Lorenzo (“di Bartolo”) Ghiberti writes that he is in charge of the Baptistery doors. Also, in his workshop there are the panels for the baptismal font in Siena and a brass crate for Cosimo de’ Medici. He…
With this essay the author wanted to publish the tax declarations (Portate al Catasto) of the most important Quattrocento artists and their subscriptions to the Florentine guilds. Lorenzo Ghiberti’s tax declarations for the years 1427, 1430, 1433,…
After a brief list of Ghiberti’s masterpieces, the article focuses on one of Ghiberti’s autograph letters, dated August 2nd 1425 and preserved in Siena.
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