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15th-century graphic artists

32 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Agostino VenezianoEngraver · PrintsAgostino Veneziano ("Venetian Agostino"), whose real name was Agostino de' Musi (c. 1490), was an important and prolific Italian engraver of the Renaissance.
Ambrosius HolbeinEngraver · PrintsAmbrosius Holbein (c. 1494 – c.
Amico AspertiniDesigner · Modern designAmico Aspertini, also called Amerigo Aspertini (ca 1474 – 1552), was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose complex, eccentric, and eclectic style anticipates Mannerism.
Antonio del PollaiuoloEngraver · PrintsAntonio del Pollaiuolo (17 January 1429/14334 February 1498), also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo (also spelled Pollaiolo), was an Italian Renaissance painter,…
Bernard van OrleyArtist · PaintingsBernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and…
Cesare CesarianoArtist · PaintingsCesare di Lorenzo Cesariano (December 10, 1475 – March 30, 1543) was an Italian painter, architect and architectural theorist.
Daniel HopferEngraver · PrintsDaniel Hopfer (c. 1470 – 1536) was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century.
Hans Dürer the YoungerArtist · PaintingsHans Dürer (born 21 February 1490 in Nuremberg – c. 1534-38 in Kraków), was a German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver.
Hans Holbein the YoungerEngraver · PrintsHans Holbein the Younger (Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German painter and printmaker active in Switzerland and England.
Hans Leonhard SchäufeleinEngraver · PrintsHans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540) was a German artist, as a painter and designer of woodcuts.
Hartmann SchedelAuthor · Maps and atlasesHartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press.
Jan Rombouts IEngraver · PrintsIllustration — St. Margaret of Antioch
Jan van ScorelPerson · Music memorabiliaJan van Scorel (1 August 1495 – 6 December 1562) was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance…
Lancelot BlondeelDesigner · Modern designLancelot Blondeel, also Lanceloot (1498 – 4 March 1561), was a Flemish artist active in Bruges.
Liberale da VeronaArtist · PaintingsLiberale da Verona (1441–1526) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Verona.
Lucas Cranach the ElderEngraver · PrintsLucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach der Ältere; c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
Lucas van LeydenEngraver · PrintsLucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver.
Marcantonio RaimondiEngraver · PrintsMarcantonio Raimondi, often called simply Marcantonio (c. 1470/82 – c.
Martin SchongauerEngraver · PrintsMartin Schongauer (c. 1450–1453, Colmar – 2 February 1491, Breisach), also known as Martin Schön ("Martin beautiful") or Hübsch Martin ("pretty Martin") by his contemporaries, was an…
Niklaus ManuelArtist · PaintingsNiklaus Manuel Deutsch (Niklaus Manuel, c. 1484 – 28 April 1530), of Bern, was a Swiss artist, writer, mercenary and Reformed politician.
Polidoro da CaravaggioDesigner · Modern designPolidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499 – 1543), was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of…
Urs Graf seniorEngraver · PrintsUrs Graf (c. 1485 in Solothurn, Switzerland – possibly before 13 October 1528) was a Swiss Renaissance goldsmith, painter and printmaker (of woodcuts, etchings and engravings), as well as a…
Veit StossArtist · SculptureVeit Stoss (also spelled Stoß and Stuoss; Wit Stwosz; Vitus Stoss; before 1450about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the…
Wolf HuberEngraver · PrintsWolf Huber (c. 1485 – 3 June 1553) was an Austrian- German painter, printmaker, and architect, who worked in Passau, Germany for most of his life as a leading member of the Danube school.

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