Hunt and House: Depictions of Medieval Life in German Playing Cards - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Left: Workshop of Konrad Witz (active in Basel, 1434–44). Under Knave of Hounds, from The Courtly Hunt Cards, ca. 1440–45. Made in Upper Rhineland, Germany. Paper (pasteboard) with watercolor, opaque paint, and gold over pen and ink; 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (15.9 x 9.8 cm). Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer (KK 5036). Right: 5 (Crossbowman) of Hungary, from The Courtly Household Cards, ca. 1450. Made in Upper Rhineland, Germany. Woodcut on paper (pasteboard) with watercolor, opaque paint, pen and ink, and tooled gold and silver; 5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (14 x 10 cm). Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer «At the center of the exhibition The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430–1540, on view through April 17, are two luxury decks of cards that once belonged to Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (brother of Emperor Maximilian II) and were kept in the Kunstkammer he created at Schloß Ambras, near Innsbruck, sometime after 1567. Known as The Courtly Hunt Cards and The Courtly Household Cards
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