Filippo Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac (competition panels for the doors of the Florence Baptistery), 1401–02, bronze, gilding, each 53.3 x 43.2 cm, commissioned by the Arte del Calimala, the wool merchants guild (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence)
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