# Winged Altarpiece: Moses on Mount Sinai [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NICHOLAS OF VERDUN]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Gilt copper, embedded enamel, 14 x 10 cm ## Commentary This is one of the forty-five panels on the altar-frontal \(pulpit\) designed by Nicholas of Verdun, and exemplifies the most important characteristics of his style: monumental figures, trough-like drapery folds that indicate the movement and torsion of the figure, dramatic presentation of the theme, and sophisticated imagery. Above the enamel panel of Moses are to the left and right respectively personifications of humility and patience. ## Related artworks - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Shrine of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Winged Altarpiece: left wing]() - [Winged Altarpiece: Samson and the Lion]() - [Winged Altarpiece: The Killing of Abel]() - [Winged Altarpiece \(transferred from a pulpit\)]() - [Winged Altarpiece \(transferred from a pulpit\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()