Minchiate Playing Card No. VII, Stencil-Colored Woodblock Print

A narrow playing card marked with the Roman numeral VII shows a long-haired figure in a red hat and green robe, seated and gripping a tall red column topped with a yellow capital. Hand-applied green, red, and yellow tints fill black woodblock outlines, and a thin border frames the image against a pale paper ground.

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