# Master of the Playing Cards

> 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."

*German engraver (fl. 1430s-1450s)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/master-of-the-playing-cards

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Maître des Cartes à jouer](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtre_des_Cartes_%C3%A0_jouer)
- [Meister der Spielkarten](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meister_der_Spielkarten)
- [Master of the Playing Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Playing_Cards)
- [Mestre das Cartas](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestre_das_Cartas)
- [Maestro delle Carte da gioco](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_delle_Carte_da_gioco)
- [Mistrz Kart do Gry](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistrz_Kart_do_Gry)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331629)

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