Segon Mestre de Bierge

This painter made small wooden panels covered in gold and bright colors, showing saints with halos and long robes. Look for the *Panel of Saint Ursula* from the year 1300—it glitters with gold leaf and shows the saint holding a banner. These images were made for altarpieces, the kind of painted screens that stood behind church altars in medieval Europe. Tap the *Life of Saint Nicholas* to see how stories of saints were told in pictures before photography existed.