An unusual element among the Biblical program panels of Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise depicts

a) the artist himself as a signature for his work.
b) a portrait of archbishop of Florence who commissioned the work.
c) the Black Death, symbolic of the plague years the city had endured.
d) Florence itself through scenes of the city’s history.


Answer: a

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