Minchiate Tarot Playing Card with Crossed Batons

A hand-colored woodblock playing card shows two long batons crossed in an X, with red-handled ends at the top and bottom corners. A figure with a pale, flowing form stands at the crossing, while a bird-like creature and a jug sit at the lower edge against a plain cream ground.

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