Playing cards of the Upper German Engraver (c. 1500) (Q30661)

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Q30661

maker

unknown (investigated — only regionally/stylistically narrowable)

Has reproduction

The pack of cards of the Upper German Engraver (facsimile Heimeran, 1977)

Suit system

Italian-suited

printing technique

copper engraving

number of cards

52

Dimensions

130 × 71 mm

place of origin

Holy Roman Empire

publication date

1500 (not before 1475) (circa)

Described in

Albertina: Spielkarten. Ihre Kunst und Geschichte in Mitteleuropa (Ausstellungskatalog, Wien 1974) (cat. no. 30)

Collection

The British Museum

Source

Albertina: Spielkarten. Ihre Kunst und Geschichte in Mitteleuropa (Ausstellungskatalog, Wien 1974)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1500), Heiliges Römisches Reich belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.