Master of the Playing Cards
ARTISTThe Master of the Playing Cards was the first major master in the history of European printmaking. He was a German engraver, and probably also a painter, active in southwestern Germany – probably in Alsace, from the 1430s to the 1450s, who has been called "the first personality in the history of engraving."
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Master of the Playing Cards (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Master of the Playing Cards, wall art & digital downloads
Master of the Playing Cards (German) has 3 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.
The Master of the Playing Cards was the first major master in the history of European printmaking. He was a German engraver, and probably also a painter, active in southwestern Germany – probably in Alsace, from the 1430s to the 1450s, who has been called "the first personality in the history of engraving."
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Master of the Playing Cards's work on the site falls under Prints (3).
Culture: German (3).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 2 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1430 to 1450.
Other German artists of the period
If you like this artist, these contemporaries are catalogued too:
- Albrecht Dürer — 1,592 artworks
- Hans Thoma — 1,151 artworks
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — 1,022 artworks
- Lovis Corinth — 970 artworks
- Max Beckmann — 659 artworks
- Jakob Becker — 579 artworks
- Max Klinger — 520 artworks
- Hans Sebald Beham — 482 artworks
Prints of these artworks
As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 3 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.