Minchiate Tarot Card with a Cup, 17th Century

A stencil-colored woodblock playing card showing a large footed cup with a flared rim and flowering finial, flanked by curling leaf forms and small rosettes. Red and ochre color is laid over black outlines on a cream ground, with a narrow black border framing the card.

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