id: 127249
accession number: 1949.564
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updated: 2024-04-20 11:00:33.160000
The Small Playing Cards: Second Suit: Helmets: Playing Card with King and Helmet, 1450–67. Master ES (German, active 1450–67). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1949.564
title: The Small Playing Cards: Second Suit: Helmets: Playing Card with King and Helmet
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creation date: 1450–67
creation date earliest: 1450
creation date latest: 1467
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Germany, 15th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lehrs II.319.231; Geisberg 231, repr. pl. 170
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CREATORS
* Master ES (German, active 1450–67) - artist
active ca. 1450-1467
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measurements: 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.)
state of the work: only state
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Prints 1400-1800
opening date: 1956-12-18T05:00:00
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).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
title: Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints
opening date: 1987-06-02T04:00:00
Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).
title: The World in Play: Luxury Playing Cards of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
opening date: 2016-01-19T00:00:00
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).
title: Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop
opening date: 2023-12-18T05:00:00
Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI (organizer) (December 18, 2023-March 24, 2024) https://chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/art-of-enterprise-israhel-van-meckenems-15th-century-print-workshop/.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2016-01-20T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Husband, Timothy. The World in Play: Luxury Cards 1430-1540. 2015.
page number: 43
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 636
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n118
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n101
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n101
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 86
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n106
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IMAGES
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