Hand-colored playing card numbered XXVIII showing a fantastic creature with red and yellow wings and a green curling tail holding a red-tipped staff.

Minchiate Tarot Playing Card XXVIII with Fantastic Creature

Hand-colored woodblock print of a Minchiate tarot-style card marked XXVIII in a cartouche at top, with green corner ornaments. A fantastic creature with a long pale snout, red and yellow wings, and a curling green tail grips a red-tipped staff against a cream ground.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1663 × 2579 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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