Minchiate Tarot Playing Card with Swords and Red Roundels

A hand-colored woodblock playing card with a vertical, symmetrical arrangement of grey swords crossing diagonally. Red roundels sit along the blades, and the hilts are shaded in yellow and ochre on cream paper with a thin black frame line. The card's worn edges and faint color registration show its age.

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