Nicholas of Verdun

Statue of Nikolaus von Verdun (on the right, Rainald von Dassel ) on the tower of the Cologne city hall

Nicholas of Verdun (* around 1130 to 1140 in Verdun , † after 1205 probably in Tournai ) was from Lorraine originating goldsmith and enamel painter . His works include the " Verduner Altar " in the Leopold Chapel of Klosterneuburg Monastery (1181), the Dreikönigenschrein (long sides) of Cologne Cathedral (1181–1200), the Maria Shrine in the Notre-Dame Church in Tournai (1205) and possibly the Anno shrine in the former Benedictine Abbey of St. Michael in Siegburg (around 1183). Only the Klosterneuburg Altar can be clearly assigned to him, as it bears an inscription that mentions his name (in Latin Nicolaus Virdunensis ). Another artist's inscription by Nikolaus von Verdun handed down the description of a Nicholas reliquary from 1660 in the Worms Cathedral Treasury .

The inscription “Nicolaus de Verdun” on the Shrine of Mary in Tournai has been renewed; Some researchers no longer regard the Siegburg Anno Shrine as the work of Nicholas.

literature

Arwed Arnulf: Nicolaus of Verdun. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 276 f. ( Digitized version ).
Martina Pippal : The function of the “schedula” and the role of technology in the construction of reality using the example of the enamel work of Nicolaus von Verdun in Klosterneuburg . In: Between handicrafts and art. The “Schedula diversarum artium” . Ed. V. Andreas Speer , Maxime Maurège a. Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen . Miscellanea Mediavalia. Publications of the Thomas Institute of the University of Cologne 37. De Gruyter , Berlin / Boston 2015, pp. 163–180, pl. 27-23, ISBN 978-3-11-033477-7 .

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus von Verdun - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Nikolaus von Verdun in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ 29, Worms, No. 29 † (Rüdiger Fuchs), in: www.inschriften.net
^ Arwed Arnulf: Nicolaus von Verdun. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 276 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Nicholas of Verdun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French goldsmith and enamel painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1130
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verdun
DATE OF DEATH	after 1205
Place of death	unsure: Tournai

[1] 29, Worms, No. 29 † (Rüdiger Fuchs), in: www.inschriften.net

[2] Arwed Arnulf: Nicolaus von Verdun. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 276 f. ( Digitized version ).