Which tomb and shrine works show Lorenzo Ghiberti’s experiments with shallow relief and space?

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Bronze self-portrait of Lorenzo Ghiberti in relief, set within ornate floral and geometric decoration on the Gates of Paradise at the Florence Baptistery. — Lorenzo Ghiberti Self-portrait by Lorenzo Ghiberti, detail from *Gates of Paradise*, 1425–52; gilded bronze doors formerly on the east side of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence, and now on display in Opera del Duomo Museum, Florence.

In his later works from the 1420s, Lorenzo Ghiberti experimented with shallow relief to create intelligible, receding planes and depict deep architectural spaces. The specific tomb and shrine works that demonstrate these experiments include:1

The Dati Tomb: The bronze plaque created for the floor tomb of the Dominican general Leonardo Dati.1
Cassa di San Zenobius: A bronze casket in Florence featuring relief panels that depict stories from the life of the saint.1
Shrine of Saints Protus, Hyacinth, and Nemesius: A bronze container designed to hold the relics of these three martyrs.1

These pieces reflect Ghiberti’s evolving mastery of pictorial space, which he further refined in his celebrated Gates of Paradise.21