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- Nicholas Of Verdun (flourished c. 1150–1210, Flanders) was the greatest enamelist and goldsmith of his day and an important figure in the transition from late Romanesque to early Gothic style. He was an itinerant craftsman who travelled to the site of his commission; therefore most of what is known of his life is inferred from his works.
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Nicholas Of Verdun (flourished c. 1150–1210, Flanders) was the greatest enamelist and goldsmith of his day and an important figure in the transition from late Romanesque to early Gothic style.
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Nicholas of Verdun (1130–1205) was a French artist, one of the most famous goldsmiths and enamelists of the Middle Ages. He was a major figure in Romanesque art , and the leading figure of Mosan art in his day.
May 28, 2021 · Nicolas de Verdun is one of the greatest artists of the Middle Ages, one of the key figures in understanding the so-called classicist turn in Western art in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, which critics later referred to as the “1200 style.”
(1181—1205) Quick Reference. (active late 12th century–early 13th century). Mosan goldsmith, enameller, and metalworker. He is considered the greatest goldsmith and enameller of his day and a major figure in the transition from Romanesque to Gothic.
Nicholas of Verdun's best known work is the altar (1181) for the Abbey Church of Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, Austria. This began as an enamelled pulpit frontal, which was damaged in 1320 and then reconstructed into its present triptych altarpiece form.
Mar 22, 2023 · The Shrine of the Three Kings, ordered by Philip von Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne from 1167 to 1191, and completed in 1190 by Nicholas of Verdun, is the cathedral’s most acclaimed piece of art.
