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Carl Holdhaus

49 works

Browse 49 works by Carl Holdhaus. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Hand-coloured playing card showing the King of Spades: a bearded king in crown and ermine-trimmed robes holding a sceptre.

King of Spades

1850

Hand-coloured card of two men rolling a barrel on a street, with a cart and wheels below and a large X in corners.

X; Stellwagen ; Fasszieher

1850

Hand-colored print of sedan chair carriers and an inverted candle bearer, with landscape, dated 1850.

XII; Kerzenträger ; Sesselträger

1850

Hand-colored playing card showing a jack of spades in blue doublet and red cap, with gold banners and spade pips.

Jack of Spades

1850

Hand-coloured playing card of the King of Hearts, a bearded king in a gold crown and ermine-trimmed robe, shown in double-hea

King of Hearts

1850

Hand-colored playing card of a jack holding a halberd, with red heart suit symbols in the corners.

Jack of Hearts

1850

Aged cream card with two red diamond symbols, one at top and one at bottom, on a speckled surface.

Two of diamonds

1850

Hand-colored playing card of the Queen of Clubs with curled hair, pearls and a red and green gown, printed upright and invert

Queen of Clubs

1850

Aged cream playing card with four red hearts, two at top and two at bottom, speckled surface.

Four of Hearts

1850

Seven black club symbols arranged on a pale card, representing a Seven of Clubs playing card design.

Seven of Clubs

1850

Hand-colored card: a postman hands letters to a woman on a balcony; below, an upside-down woodcutter with an axe.

III; Briefträger ; Holzhauer

1850

Hand-colored card: a coal carrier with a sack walks past a train; below, an upside-down brush maker with brushes.

XIII; Kohlenbauer ; Bürstenbinder

1850

Hand-colored print of a pretzel baker handing a pretzel to a boy, with a salami seller shown upside down below.

XI; Salami Mann ; Brezen Bäck

1850

Hand-colored playing card, Jack of Clubs, showing a mounted rider in a feathered cap and red cloak on a grey horse.

Jack of Clubs

1850

Hand-colored card: a chimney sweep with a ladder talks to a woman with a chicken basket on a roof; inverted lower scene below

VII; Lebzelterin ; Rauchfangkehrer

1850

Hand-colored card with a seated woman sorting snail sacks above an upside-down postilion and a map labeled China.

XIV; Postilion. ; Schnekenw

1850

Hand-colored playing card showing a crowned king with a ruff collar and scepter, with an inverted figure below, and club symb

King of Clubs

1850

Hand-colored playing card of the jack of diamonds showing a crowned rider on a white horse, with an inverted lower half.

Jack of Diamonds

1850

Hand-colored playing card showing the Queen of Diamonds, a woman in a blue gown holding a fan, drawn in an inverted layout.

Queen of Diamonds

1850

Hand-colored card: a chestnut vendor by a brazier above, an inverted figure with pigeons and a birdcage below.

XVIII; Kastanienbraterin ; Taubenh

1850

Playing card with eight black club symbols arranged in two columns on a cream paper background.

Eight of Clubs

1850

Aged playing card with four red diamond symbols arranged at the corners on a worn beige background.

Four of diamonds

1850

Hand-colored card showing a harlequin jester on a golden wheel above a draped woman holding a flower-filled cornucopia.

I; Pagat

1850

Hand-colored print split in two: a seated woman and boy above, an inverted scene with a table and hanging animal below.

VIII; Kim Weib ; Werkel Mann

1850

Hand-colored print of a standing tinker with staff and hat beside a seated man, with an upside-down pedlar and town below.

XV; Bandelkramer ; Rastelbinder

1850

Hand-colored card: a coachman with whip beside a carriage above an inverted woman in a yellow dress, with numeral VI.

VI; Tirolerin ; Fiaker

1850

Hand-colored playing card of the king of diamonds, a crowned king in a red and ermine robe holding a scepter.

King of Diamonds

1850

Cream card with three red diamond shapes stacked vertically, showing hatched texture and age spotting.

Three of diamonds

1850

Playing card with ten black spade symbols arranged in columns on a pale, worn paper ground.

Ten of spades

1850

Hand-colored print of a jester playing card with a second inverted head and body, red sleeves and bell-tipped motley trim.

Joker

1850

Hand-colored print of a Tyrolean man pointing to a riverside city, with an inverted figure and goat below.

XVII; Tiroler ; Ziegenmädch

1850

Playing card with seven black spade pips hatched in fine lines on a cream background.

Seven of spades

1850