Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, XV, 17th Century

A hand-colored woodblock playing card numbered XV, showing a golden-haired nude figure with arms raised beside a crenellated tower with red brick courses. Red flames or sparks rise at upper right, and green and yellow stencil color fills the blocks.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

Stencil-colored woodblock print

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1663 × 2579 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum