Porta del Paradiso: Samson
by GHIBERTI, Lorenzo, Gilded bronze
Classical statuettes were collected in the fifteenth century on a substantial scale, and Ghiberti must have been familiar with them. However, it is very doubtful if any independent statuette was made by him, since he was primarily a relief artist. Samson is one of the statuettes in high relief on the borders of Porta del Paradiso.