The Queen of Flowers, ca. 1435?40, Engraving printed from two plates, sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9. 1 cm), Prints, Master of the Playing Cards (German, active ca. 1425?50), The Queen of Flowers is one of the exceptionally beautiful and delicate prints created by the Master of the Playing Cards, the first great figure in the history of engraving. The name traditionally given to this anonymous printmaker, who probably worked in Alsace, derives from a group of approximately seventy printed cards that survive in unique or rare impressions