LübeckThe dominant city in the Hanseatic League, Lübeck is portrayed in this woodcut as densely packed within its walls, with church steeples and the city hall dominating the skyline, and boats carrying goods and people moving swiftly along the river. Even in this stylized scene, the artist captures the key features of the “Queen of the Hansa”: crowded, proud, and centered on commerce. (Private Collection/The Stapleton Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library)