Story of Jacob and Esau depicted in the gilded bronze panel from the Gates of Paradise (Porta del Paradiso) designed by Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni), now on display in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum of the Works of the Florence Cathedral) in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Esau and his hunting dogs being sent by his old and blind father Isaac to hunt for deer (L) and Esau selling his birthright to his younger brother Jacob (R) are depicted in the panel.

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