# Shrine of the Virgin \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NICHOLAS OF VERDUN]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Silver-gilt, copper-gilt, enamel, over wooden core ## Commentary Towards the end of the twelfth century, Nicholas of Verdun, the most celebrated goldsmith between Romanesque and Gothic art, appeared again in the very fertile Mosan area. The date of two of his works is known: the celebrated altarpiece at Klosterneuburg near Vienna \(1181\) and the Shrine of the Virgin in Tournai Cathedral. The detail of the Shrine of the Virgin represents The Flight into Egypt. ## Related artworks - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Shrine of the Three Kings]() - [Winged Altarpiece: left wing]() - [Winged Altarpiece: Moses on Mount Sinai]() - [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]()