Hand-colored card showing a woman in green hood and red bodice holding a round disc, seated on a golden lion against a pale background.

Minchiate Tarot Card with Female Figure and Lion

A hand-colored playing card showing a crowned woman in a green hood and red-and-white bodice, holding a yellow rosette disc, seated atop a golden lion. Green foliage and a small star emblem frame the figure on a pale ground.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1663 × 2579 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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