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Printed with fine black lines on cream-white paper, a man wearing a knee-length tunic and reading from a piece of unfolded paper faces our right against a mostly blank background in this vertical engraving. The man's right shoulder, closer to us, is angled in a way that suggests his torso is turned slightly away from us even though his feet and face are shown in profile. A narrow wreath is almost lost in his dense curls, and he has a straight nose and prominent chin. His fur-lined tunic is belted low across his hips, and a dagger hangs from his belt. His pointed clog-like shoes seem to slip onto his feet like sandals, and he stands on a grassy field in an otherwise empty space. Creases in the paper he holds suggests it had been folded into nine sections.
Master of the Playing Cards, A Poet Reading, 1430s, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann, 1999.26.1

A Poet Reading

Master of the Playing Cards · 1430s · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.26.1

Master E.S., The Madonna and Child in a Garden, c. 1465/1467, engraving in white on laid paper prepared with black ink, New Century Fund, 1999.27.1

The Madonna and Child in a Garden

Master E.S. · c. 1465/1467 · engraving in white on laid paper prepared with black ink ·  Accession ID  1999.27.1

Master E.S., The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1460/1465, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.482

The Adoration of the Magi

Master E.S. · c. 1460/1465 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1949.5.482

Master bg, Arms of Rohrbach and Holzhausen, c. 1480/1490, engraving on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.2

Arms of Rohrbach and Holzhausen

Master bg · c. 1480/1490 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1952.8.2

Master PW of Cologne, Saint Catherine, c. 1500, engraving on laid paper, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.101.2

Saint Catherine

Master PW of Cologne · c. 1500 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.101.2