Minchiate Tarot Card XXVI with Scorpion

A hand-colored woodblock card numbered XXVI at the top, showing a large red-clawed scorpion with a curved tail and segmented yellow and red body, facing forward. A small red bird with a long beak stands at the lower right on a yellow-green ground. The pale cream background and rectangular border are framed by simple ink outlines.

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