Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, 17th Century

A hand-colored playing card printed from woodblock, showing a crossing pattern of slim blades with red-tipped hilts and round red knobs over a pale ground. A red figure perches at the top and a yellow-and-cream animal reclines at the bottom on a red band, framed by thin black border lines.

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