Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, Seated Woman, XVIII

A seated woman in a green bodice and red-orange gown, with a golden-yellow mantle, holds a red leaf-like branch against a pale ground framed by red roundels. The Roman numeral XVIII appears at the top of this hand-colored woodblock playing card, with stencil-applied red, green, and yellow inks.

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