Ghiberti

	"After the doors had been finished and Lorenzo acclaimed for what he had achieved, the consuls of the Merchants Guild decided to commission from him a bronze statue, nine feet high, to commemorate John the Baptist for one of the niches in the pilasters outside Orsanmichele." I-112 St John, Orsanmichele, Florence
	"After Jacopo della Fonte, Vecchietto of Siena and Donatello had made some bronze scenes to adorn the baptismal font of the church of San Giovanni, for the Signoria of Siena, the people of Siena reached an agreement with Lorenzo that he should make for them two additional scenes from the life of St John the Baptist." I-113 Font, Baptistery, Siena
	"One of these scenes, containing a large number of figures, both nude and richly draped, showed John baptising Christ." I-113 The Baptism of Christ, Font, Siena
	"In Florence the directors of the Mint had to put up a statue in one of the niches around Orsanmichele, facing the Woll Guild. It was to be a Saint Matthew, the same height as the St John mentioned earlier. So they allocated it to Lorenzo, who did it perfectly and , since it was more modern in style, received for it far more praise than he had for the St John." I-113 St Matthew, Orsanmichele, Florence
	"This statue prompted the consuls of the Wool Guild to commission from him a bronze figure for the niche next to the one with the St John, of the same size as the other two. It was to be of their patron, St Stephen." I-113 St Stephen, Orsanmichele
	"Lorenzo continued to add to his reputation and carried out innumerable commissions in bronze, silver and gold." I-114 Reliquary, Pistoia
	"The quality and excellence of Lorenzo's work had brought so much credit to the city of Florence that the consuls of the Merchants Guild decided to commission from him the third door for San Giovanni, which was also to be of bronze...Lorenzo divided the door into ten panels, five on each side, with the spaces enclosing the scenes measuring about two and a half feet." I-116 East Doors, Baptistery, Florence
	"All the way round in the ornamentation of the framework surrounding the scenes there are niches with figures in almost full relief." I-116 A prophet
	"The first scene shows the creation of Adam and of Eve his wife, and we can see from the perfect form and execution of these figures how Lorenzo intended them to be the finest he had ever done, since Adam and Eve had been the most beautiful creatures made by God." I-116 The Creation of Adam
	"In the second space are Adam and Eve and their young children, Cain and Abel...We see the detail showing Cain murdering Abel as he watches his flock. Cain appears pitiless and cruel as he clubs his brother to death, and the very bronze used for the dead limbs of Abel's beautiful body itself falls limp." I-178 The murder of Abel