Donatello's Bronze Doors Restored

February 27 2026

Video: alanews

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News from Italy that Donatello's bronze doors, part of the fixtures of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, have been restored. Commissioned by the Medici between 1440-42, the work was undertaken by Opificio delle Pietre Dure.

Notice to "Internet Explorer" Users

You are seeing this notice because you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 (or older version). IE6 is now a deprecated browser which this website no longer supports. To view the Art History News website, you can easily do so by downloading one of the following, freely available browsers:

Once you have upgraded your browser, you can return to this page using the new application, whereupon this notice will have been replaced by the full website and its content.