# Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn - **Source:** - **Museum:** The Metropolitan Museum of Art - **Object Number:** 22.83.16 --- ## Artwork Details - **Title:** Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn - **Artist:** Master ES (German, active ca. 1450–67) - **Date:** 15th century - **Medium:** Engraving; second state - **Dimensions:** Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 7/8 in. (10.5 × 7.3 cm); Plate: 3 7/8 × 2 11/16 in. (9.8 × 6.8 cm) - **Classification:** Prints - **Credit Line:** Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1922 - **Curatorial Department:** Drawings and Prints - **Rights:** Public Domain ## Related Publications - *The Wild Man: Medieval Myth and Symbolism* (The Met, free to download) - *The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages* (The Met, free to download) ## Context This engraving by Master ES depicts a Wild Woman (Wildweibchen) alongside a unicorn — a combination of contradictory symbols of lust (Wild Woman) and chastity (Unicorn). This motif was popular in 15th-century Central European art and is discussed in the "Hairy Mary – One More Time" article as a potential parallel to depictions of hirsute Mary Magdalene. ## Related Links - [Hairy Mary – One More Time](https://en.posztukiwania.pl/2018/11/10/hairy-mary-one-more-time/) — article discussing this artwork --- Keywords: #Met #Museum #Wild #Woman #Unicorn #Playing #Card