Italy; Tuscany; Florence; Baptistery of Saint John (Battistero di San Giovanni): detail of "Isaac; Esau and Jacob" (Isacco; Esa?e Giacobbe); plate 5 of the Paradise Gate (Porta del Paradiso); The plate shows the birth of Esau and Jacob; the departure for Esau for hunting; greeted by his father Isaac; rebecca and Jacob order the skin of a lamb; Isaac blesses Jacob. The paradise gate; so named by Michelangelo; was built 1425 - 1452 by Lorenzo Ghiberti.