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The Small Playing Cards: Second Suit: Helmets: Playing Card with King and Helmet

1450–67

Master ES

(German, active 1450–67)

Germany, 15th century

Engraving

Image: 9.8 x 6.3 cm (3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Sheet: 9.8 x 6.3 cm (3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1949.564

Catalogue raisonné: Lehrs II.319.231; Geisberg 231, repr. pl. 170

State: only state

Location

not on view

Artist biography

Master ES

active ca. 1450-1467

Citations

Husband, Timothy. The World in Play: Luxury Cards 1430-1540. 2015. 43

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 636 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 77 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 77 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 86 archive.org

Exhibition history

The Clositers, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (1/20/2016 - 4/17/2016): "The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430–1540", figure 44, p. 43.

35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

Prints 1400-1800. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1956-January 20, 1957); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 3, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (November 1-December 1, 1957).

Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).

The World in Play: Luxury Playing Cards of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (January 19-April 17, 2016).

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