Six of Roses (from a series of 72 playing cards)
Master PW of Cologne
(German, active about 1499–about 1503)
about 1503
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 7.1 x 7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of FitzRoy Carrington
Accession number55.135
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Provenance1955, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1955)
NOTE: In her article "Two Playing Cards by the Master P. W," Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 53, no. 292 (Summer, 1955), pp. 22-23, curator Anna C. Hoyt wrote that the print "was found in a miscellaneous assortment of flower prints, chiefly eighteenth-century." On the back is written in pencil: "C. Mellan," suggesting it may once have been attributed to Claude Mellan.
NOTE: In her article "Two Playing Cards by the Master P. W," Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts 53, no. 292 (Summer, 1955), pp. 22-23, curator Anna C. Hoyt wrote that the print "was found in a miscellaneous assortment of flower prints, chiefly eighteenth-century." On the back is written in pencil: "C. Mellan," suggesting it may once have been attributed to Claude Mellan.
Master PW of Cologne
Master PW of Cologne
Master PW of Cologne
Master HOS with the knife (also known as Master BOS with the knife)
about 1490–1500
Master of the Housebook (Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet)
about 1475–80
Master of the Housebook (Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet)
about 1475–80
