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(3) Nikolaus Glockendon
( fl 1515; d 1534). Son of (1) Georg Glockendon I. A master by 1515, he became, following the death of Jakob Elsner in 1517, Nuremberg’s leading illuminator. Since Nikolaus signed many of his illustrations, his oeuvre is fairly clearly defined. His earliest works include a Missal (Marburg, Westdt. Bib., Theol. Lat. Fol. 148), the Prayerbook of Abbot Jost Necker von Salem (Zurich, Zentbib.) and the Pontificale Gundecarianum (1517; Eichstätt, Ubib.), as well as several illuminations for Nuremberg’s city council and for its secretary Lazarus Spengler. In 1522 Nikolaus decorated a copy of Luther’s New Testament (Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bib., 25. 13. 14 Extravagantes) for John-Frederick, the future Elector of Saxony. While the stylistic influence of Simon Bening is evident, Glockendon also borrowed specific anti-papal motifs, such as the wolf dressed with the papal tiara, from Lucas Cranach I.
Part of the Glockendon family
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