born с 1378, Pelago
died Dec. 1, 1455, Florence
Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and designer active in Florence.
He was trained as a goldsmith and painter. In 1402 he won a competition for the commission to make a pair of bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral, defeating Renaissance art. Among his other commissions were three bronze statues for Or San Michele (1413–29) and two reliefs for the Baptistery of Siena Cathedral (1417–27). He directed a large workshop with many assistants, including Donatello and {{link=Uccello, Paolo">Paolo Uccello . His treatise on art history and theory includes the earliest surviving autobiography of an artist.