The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

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

John L. Severance Fund 1949.564

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

State: only state

Location

not on view

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 10, 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-April 1, 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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.564