Hand-colored woodblock playing card with red round shapes on diagonal rods, a small red figure at top, and a red animal form at bottom.

Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, 17th century

A hand-colored woodblock playing card with a cream border showing many red round forms arranged on diagonal rods with yellow-striped handles. A small red figure stands at the top center, and a red animal-like form appears at the bottom edge.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1622 × 2547 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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