Remark:
In 1539, the wife of the playing card painter Georg Turing sought the release of her husband, who was being held captive by the Turks, in exchange for a captured Turk.

Source:
Landes-Archiv, Landtagshandlungen 8, 184

Literature:
Geschichte der Stadt Graz, Fritz Popelka, Verlag Styria 1959 . Vol. 2, p. 685

Sample Cards
No examples of his playing cards are known