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P. H. (*?-✝︎?)
active in Prague (c.1577)


Biography Details
c.1577 playing cards

Remark:
From the workshop of this master comes the find of cards signed only by PH, deposited in the Museum of the city of Prague. The woodcut print bears the emblem of the Old Town on the red ace and the signature of the author PH on the red and green seven. In total, there are several proof sheets in the museum depository. The cards are of Czech origin and can be dated to 1577 according to the ball troika (register no. 186 312-186 349). Z. Šťáhlavský suggests that it could be Helmreich, but this is an obvious mistake.

Literature:
Bílý P., Nàlezy nejstarších hracích karet v Čechých a na Moravě (od nejstarších dob do r. 1620) Rudolfinská akademie Asociace starožitníků, o. s., 2010/2011
Šťáhlavský Z., The Stukeley Cards in the Prague Museum, The Playing-Card,XXV.: 231 - 232, 1996


Sample Cards

Stukeley type
(Národní Muzeum, Prague (National Museum H2-186.326-332)


Stukeley