# Winged Altarpiece: left wing

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NICHOLAS OF VERDUN](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9>)
- Date: 1151-1200
- Technique: Gilt copper, embedded enamel

## Commentary

The sequence of scenes is delineated by a system of counting marks, and the programme is described by the inscriptions surrounding the scenes, thus forming a sermon in pictures.

## Related artworks

- [Shrine of the Three Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/shrine-of-the-three-kings-r32c0688a23406a>)
- [Shrine of the Three Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/shrine-of-the-three-kings-r90ebf92ef14cec>)
- [Shrine of the Three Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/shrine-of-the-three-kings-rb78bac6c6ce34e>)
- [Shrine of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/shrine-of-the-virgin-detail-ra21f06963836d3>)
- [Winged Altarpiece: Moses on Mount Sinai](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/winged-altarpiece-moses-on-mount-sinai-r443de42e867d54>)
- [Winged Altarpiece: Samson and the Lion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/winged-altarpiece-samson-and-the-lion-rd63cc696c7ca4f>)
- [Winged Altarpiece: The Killing of Abel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/winged-altarpiece-the-killing-of-abel-r98c7a638c5c1b8>)
- [Winged Altarpiece \(transferred from a pulpit\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/winged-altarpiece-transferred-from-a-pulpit-r14b33273cc4b80>)
- [Winged Altarpiece \(transferred from a pulpit\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/nicholas-of-verdun-r1216851f6c38a9/winged-altarpiece-transferred-from-a-pulpit-ra0a9c258df5bce>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)