biography
pronunciation:
[geebairtee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1378–1455)
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| biography:
| Goldsmith, bronze-caster, and sculptor, born in Florence, NC Italy. In 1401 he won the competition to make a pair of bronze gates for the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral. When these were completed (1424), he worked on a further pair of gates, which were finished in 1452. |
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