Georg Glockendon the Elder (
fl. 1484; died 1514) was a
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
-based woodblock cutter, printer and painter. Famed during his lifetime for his illuminations, he was also an industrious printer and published a number of the works of
Erhard Etzlaub
Erhard Etzlaub ( 1455 1465 – 1532) was a German astronomer, geodesist, cartographer, instrument maker and physician.
Life
Little is known of Etzlaub's life. One "Erhart Etzlauber" became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1484, but his profession was n ...
. The
Erdapfel
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The (; ) is a terrestrial globe produced by Martin Behaim from 1490–1492. The Erdapfel is the oldest surviving terrestrial globe. It is constructed of a laminated linen ball in two halves, reinforced with wood and overlaid with a ma ...
of
Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as and by various forms of , was a German textile merchant and cartographer. He served John II of Portugal as an adviser in matters of navigation and participated in a voyage to W ...
is the best known of his painted works, the majority of which remain unidentified. As a member of the
Glockendon family of artists, he was the father of miniaturist and woodcutter
Albrecht, who took over the family workshop, and master illuminator
Nikolaus
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...
.
References
*Smith, Jeffrey Chipps
"Glockendon."In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 3, 2012; subscription required).
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External links
Entry for Georg Glockendon the Elderon the *
Union List of Artist Names
The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) is a free online database of the Getty Research Institute using a controlled vocabulary, which by 2018 contained over 300,000 artists and over 720,000 names for them, as well as other information about artist ...
15th-century German painters
German male painters
16th-century German painters
1514 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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