Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, 17th Century

A hand-colored woodblock print of a tarot-style playing card showing a nude winged figure standing on a blue-ringed medallion. Behind the figure are red panels, and below, a small golden ship sails within a circle, flanked by two cherub heads on a pale paper border.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

Stencil-colored woodblock print

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1587 × 2519 px

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