Who trained Lorenzo Ghiberti in the art of goldsmithing?

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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.

Lorenzo Ghiberti was trained in the art of goldsmithing by Bartolo di Michele, a goldsmith who lived with Ghiberti’s mother in Florence. Throughout his youth, Ghiberti considered Bartolo to be his father, and it was in Bartolo's home and workshop that he received his early training.1