Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, 17th Century

A rectangular playing card printed in red, yellow and gray shows a red bird with a fan of gold feathers at the top, above crossed diagonal bands. Red roundels and gold striped motifs line the diagonals, a cluster of four gold diamonds sits at the center, and a red animal rests at the bottom. The colour is stencilled by hand onto cream paper.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

Stencil-colored woodblock print

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1622 × 2547 px

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