Hand-colored playing card with a crowned woman seated on a green throne, holding a gold cup, star emblems in the top corners.

Minchiate Tarot Playing Card with Crowned Female Figure

A stencil-colored woodblock playing card shows a crowned female figure seated on a green cushioned throne, holding a gold cup with a flowered stem. She wears a red bodice, green sleeves and a yellow sash, while star-like emblems mark the top corners of the cream-colored card.

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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