Editing Lorenzo Ghiberti (section)

== Later life, family, and death ==
By 1417 Lorenzo Ghiberti was married to Marsila, the 16- year-old daughter of Bartolommeo di Lucca, a worthy comb-maker.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/ghiberti1.html|title=History of Art: Renaissance - Lorenzo Ghiberti|website=www.all-art.org|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref> Together they had two sons. In 1417 they had Tommaso Ghiberti, and a year later they had Vittorio Ghiberti.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Lorenzo-Ghiberti/36695|title=Britannica Academic}}</ref> Ghiberti was wealthier than most of his contemporary artists, with his success bringing him great financial rewards. A surviving tax return of 1427 shows he owned a considerable amount of land both in Florence and outside the city. He also had a substantial amount of money invested in government bonds to his credit. Over the years, his real estate and monetary holdings continued to grow.<ref name=":2" /> While in Florence, Ghiberti, aged seventy-five, succumbed to a fever of unknown cause<ref name=":0" /> and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Croce on December 1, 1455.<ref name=":0" />

Vittorio followed in his father's footsteps as a goldsmith and bronze-caster, but never rose to great fame.<ref name=":0" />  Later, he had a son in which he named Buonaccorso who followed the (grand)paternal art.<ref name=":0" /> However, Buonaccorso had a different spin on his grandfather's work, with his metal castings taking the form of artillery and cannonballs. His manufacture of these weapons made him famous, mainly for supplying the wars of Sarzana and Pisa.<ref name=":0" /> Vittorio shares the burial spot in the Santa Croce with his father. Their gravestone mentions them both, with its inscription honoring Lorenzo's ''Battistero'' doors design, and Vittorio's ornamental work on Andrea da Pisa's doors (in addition to 'being a very worthy aid' to his father).

Tommaso did join his father's business, helping as a collaborator with Lorenzo's assistants.<ref name=":1" /> After his father's death it is unknown if he continued in the business, as he is not mentioned in any of the documents after 1447.<ref name=":1" />

[[File:Lorenzo Ghiberti, Reliquary Shrine of SS Protus, Hyacinth and Nemesius, 1428, Florence, Bargello.jpg|thumb|left|Detail of the Reliquary Shrine of SS Protus, Hyacinth and Nemesius, 1428, Bargello, Florence]]