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The two porphyry columns on each side of the ''Gates of Paradise'' were plundered by the [[Pisa]]ns in [[Majorca]] and given in gratitude to the Florentines in 1114 for protecting their city against [[Lucca]] while the Pisan fleet was conquering the island.
The ''Gates of Paradise'' are surmounted by a (copy of a) group of statues portraying the ''Baptism of Christ'' by Andrea Sansovino. The originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. He then left for Rome to work on a new commission, leaving these statues unfinished. Work on these statues was continued much later in 1569 by Vincenzo Danti, a sculptor from the school of Michelangelo. At his death in 1576 the group was almost finished. The group was finally completed with the addition of an angel by [[Innocenzo Spinazzi]] in 1792. A ''Charity'' by [[Tino di Camaino]] now in the [[Museo Bardini]] is also thought to have originally been part of a group of the theological virtues placed above the door.<ref>{{in lang|it}} {{cite web|url=http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/catalogo/scheda.asp?nctn=00282290&value=1|title=Catalogue entry}}</ref>
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