North Door of Baptistery of Florence c. 19th century

Curator: This is a print by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio, depicting details from the North Door of the Baptistery of Florence. It's remarkably detailed. Artist: It strikes me as quiet, almost reverent. Two figures, enclosed, contemplative. There’s a stillness that asks you to linger. Curator: Lasinio was documenting major Florentine art, making it accessible through prints like this. Notice the architectural frames around each evangelist. Artist: They feel like dreams, these figures. Matthew seems weary, John watchful. I wonder what stories they hold within those lines? Curator: The distribution of prints like this shaped public understanding of Renaissance art and its connection to civic identity. Artist: It makes you think about who gets to tell the stories, doesn't it? Both then and now.