The front features a detailed raised relief scene of the Magi visiting the Holy Family, with finely sculpted figures, robes, arches, and architectural details. The piece has a warm ivory/alabaster appearance and is signed Sarnangela along the front edge.
First in the collector plate series “The Doors of Ghiberti.”
Faithfully reproduced by hand from the seven-hundred-year-old doors of the Baptistery of Florence, originally created by Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1424.
Cast and hand-finished in Tuscany in re-vero alabaster. Protected under the guarantee marks of the Studio d’Arte di Serfendici, © 1983, and overseen by the Museo dell’ Duomo di Firenze.
Back inscription translates to:
“Plate No. BC 6,158 from the first and very limited edition of The Adoration of the Magi by Master Alberto Sarnangela. First in the collector plate series The Doors of Ghiberti, faithfully hand-reproduced from the historic doors of the Baptistery of Florence, originally created by Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1424. Cast and hand-finished in Tuscany in re-vero alabaster. © 1983. Bradex No. 37-F60-3
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