Minchiate Playing Card with Mounted Knight

A hand-colored woodblock playing card shows a helmeted knight in a red tunic and green cloak, raising a curved sword in one hand and holding a round yellow shield in the other. He rides a red horse above a band of yellow ground with green leaves, and the card has a thin black border and worn, uneven edges.

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