Nikolaus Glockendon ( fl. 1515 – 1534) was a German decorator of

illuminated manuscripts An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...

(i.e. an illuminator) from

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 ...

, active in the early 16th century. The son of

Georg Glockendon Georg Glockendon the Elder ( fl. 1484; died 1514) was a Nuremberg-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 Etzla ...

the Elder and brother of

Albrecht Glockendon Albrecht Glockendon the Younger (c.1500–1545) was a Nuremberg-based miniaturist and woodcutter. The son of painter and printer Georg Glockendon, his work reflects the influence of both his brother, the illuminator Nikolaus Glockendon, and o ...

, he came from the Glockendon family of illuminators and printers. His work is known from over thirty extant manuscripts, many of which he signed, usually with his initials "NG". His manuscript illumination ''The Holy Trinity'' particularly demonstrates the influence of

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...

's ''

Adoration of the Trinity ''Adoration of the Trinity'' (also known as Landauer Altarpiece; German: ''Allerheiligenbild'' or ''Landauer Altar'') is an oil-on-panel painting by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, executed in 1511 and now in the Kunsthistorisches Mu ...

'', also known as the ''Landauer Altarpiece'', painted in 1511. Nikolaus Glockendon's career masterpiece is a ceremonial missal, now in the Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg, known as the ''Missale Hallense''. Dated 1524 and signed with the artist's full name, it was made for the Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz and one of the major patrons of art in Germany during this period. See

Albert of Mainz Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg (german: Albrecht von Brandenburg; 28 June 149024 September 1545) was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545. Biography Early career B ...

. The scholar Ulrich Merkl has documented the most comprehensive catalog of works by Glockendon and his workshop.Ulrich Merkl. ''Buchmalerei in Bayern''. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 1999, 88-98; 427-484. Merkl also provides a family tree of the Glockendons (pp. 72–73), who produced several generations of artists in Nuremberg.

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External links

Entry for Nikolaus Glockendon
on 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 ...

* *Cashion, Debra Taylor (2010
The Art of Nikolaus Glockendon: Imitation and Originality in the Art of Renaissance Germany''Missal of Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg'' Illuminated by Nikolaus Glockendon
The J. Paul Getty Museum 1534 deaths German illustrators Manuscript illuminators Year of birth unknown {{Germany-artist-stub