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The Northern Renaissance was a time of great interest in local identities. And so clothing, and thus portraits, reflect this.

The list below includes links to Wiki Commons as an open source CC licenced source of art. Most art is well cited with location and sitter information. This is by no means the only source for images of course, and these artists can be found in collections of images liked by others.

Germanic States

Saxony- East

Saxony is predominantly represented by the Cranch family of artists, the workshop producing a great number of portraits as well as hundreds of allegorical artwork with a decided contemporary take on clothing.

–	Freiburg	Baldung, Hans	1484 – 1545.
–	Wittenberg	Cranach, Augustin	1554 – 1595.
–	Wittenberg	Cranach, Hans or Johann Lucas	1513 – 1537.
–	Wittenberg	Cranach, Lucas the Elder	1472 – 1553.
–	Wittenberg	Cranach, Lucas the Younger	1515 – 1586.
–	Liepzig	Krell, Hans	1490 – 1565.

Bavaria- South East

The great cities of Augsburg, Nuremberg, and Munich each have their own take on a more restrained style of dress. This is true from the early to later part of the era.

–	Augsburg	Amberger, Christoph	1505 – 1562.
–	Augsburg	Apt, Ulrich the Elder	1460 – 1532.
–	Augsburg	Beck, Leonhard	1480 – 1542.
–	Augsburg	Breu, Jörg the Elder	1475 – 1537.
–	Augsburg	Breu, Jörg the Younger	1510 – 1547.
–	Augsburg	Burgkmair, Hans	1473 – 1531.
–	Augsburg	Hopfer, Daniel	1570 – 1536.
–	Augsburg	Schongauer, Ludwig	1440 -1496.
–	Augsburg	Weiditz, Christoph	1498 – 1591.
–	Augsburg	Ziegler, Wilhelm	1480 – 1543.

–	Nuremberg	Amman, Jost	1539 – 1591.
–	Nuremberg	Dürer, Albrecht	1471 – 1528.
–	Nuremberg	Gertner, Peter	? – 1540.
–	Nuremberg	Neufchâtel, Nicolas	1527 – 1573.
–	Nuremberg	Pencz, Georg	1500 – 1550.
–	Nuremberg	Schäufelein, Hans	1480 – 1540.
–	Nuremberg	Solis, Virgil	1514 – 1562.
–	Nuremberg	Strauch, Lorenz	1554 -1630.
–	Nuremberg	Suess, Hans von Kulmbach	1480 – 1522.
–	Nuremberg	Traut, Wolf	1478 – 1520.

–	Munich	Wertinger, Hans	1465 – 1533.
–	Munich	Beham, Barthyl	1502 – 1540.
–	Munich	Muelich, Meilich Hans	1516 – 1573.
–	Munich	Refinger, Ludwig	1510 – 1549.

–	Bamberg	Katzheimer, Wolfgang	1450-1508.
–	Ingolstat	Feselen, Melchior	1495 – 1538.
–	Lauingen	Gerung, Matthias	1500 – 1570.
–	Memmingen	Strigel, Bernhard	1465/70 – 1528.
–	Passau	Huber, Wolf	1485 – 1553.
–	Regensberg	Altdorfer, Albrecht	1480 – 1538.
–	Regensberg	Bocksberger, Johann Melchior	1537 – 158.

Hamburg – North

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Hamburg

Timmermann, Franz

1515 – 1541.

Hesse – Central

A region not commonly represented in costume books but with a variety of dress captured by each artist.

–	Frankfurt	Beham, Sebald	1500 – 1530.
–	Frankfurt	Abel, Hans	1506 – 1567.
–	Frankfurt	Faber, Conrad	1490 – 1552.
–	Frankfurt	Grünewald, Matthias	1480 – 1528.

North Rhine – West

Most well known to the English speaking world via the storied portrait of Anne of Cleves. With a distinct blend of influences from the lowlands.

–	Cologne	Aachen, Hans von	1552 – 1615.
–	Cologne	Aachen Altar, Ms of	(active 1480/95 – 1520.
–	Cologne	Bruyn, Barthel the Elder	1493 – 1555.
–	Cologne	Bruyn, Barthel the Younger	1530 – 1607/1610.
–	Cologne	Geldorp, Gortius	1553 – 1616/8.
–	Cologne	Woensam, Anton von Worms	1492 – 1541.
–	Wesel	Baegert, Derick	1440 – after 1515.
–	Wesel	Baegert, Jan	1465 – 1527/35.

Westphalia – North West

Well represented by portraits of Ludger Tom Ring the Younger, this region shifts influence from the North Rhine to a unique identity with exaggerated bands of fabric in skirts.

–	Münster	Ring, Hermann	1521 – 1586.
–	Münster	Ring, Ludger Tom the Elder	1496 – 1547.
–	Münster	Ring, Ludger Tom the younger	1422 – 1584.
–	Soest	Aldegraver, Heinrich	1502 – 1555/58/6.

Other

South- West	Baden- Württemberg	Herrenberg and Tübingen	Alt, Hans Ulrich	1557 – 1614/27.
–	Baden- Württemberg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Weiditz, Hans	1495 – 1536.
–	Baden- Württemberg	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Ratgeb, Jerg	1485 – 1526.
–	Baden- Württemberg	Ulm	Schaffner, Martin	1478 – 1528.
–	Rhineland Palatinate	Speyser	Besser, Hans	1510 – 1558.
North	Schleswig- Holstein	Lubeck	Kemmer, Hans	1495 – 1561.
–	Mecklenberg	Schwerin	Altdorfer, Erhard	1480 – 1561.
Central – East	Thuringia	Ehfurt	Brosamer, Hans	1495 – 1554.

Other Countries

Switzerland

–	Basel	Bock, Hans	1550 – 1624.
–	Basel	Graf, Urs	1485 – 1528.
–	Basel	Holbein, Ambrosius	1494 – 1519.
–	Basel	Holbein, Hans the Elder	1446 – 1524.
–	Basel	Holbein, Hans the Younger	1497/98 – 1543.
–	Basel	Kluber, Hans	1535 – 1578.
–	Basel	Zehender, Gabriel	til 1535.
–	Bern	Deutsch, Niklaus Manuel	1484 – 1530.
–	Zurich	Asper, Hans	1499 – 1571.

Austria

–	–	Vermeyen, Cornelis	1550 – 1590s.
–	Linz	Seisenegger, Jakob	1501 – 1567.
–	Swaz	Maler, Hans	1480 – 1520s.
–	Vienna	Vogtherr, Heinrich the Elder	1490 – 1556.
–	Vienna	Vogtherr, Heinrich the Younger	1515 – 1568.

Denmark

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Lorck, Melchior

1527 – 1583.

Poland

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Krakow

Kober, Martin

1550 – 1598

Strasbourg

–	–	Stimmer, Tobias	1539 – 1584
–	Colmar	Schongauer, Martin	1450 – 1491

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