Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, Numeral XII

A hand-colored woodblock playing card with a pale border framing a standing figure in red, green and yellow costume, arms raised to hold two round objects, one leg bent. Red dots fill the surrounding field, and the numeral XII appears at lower right beside striped side columns.

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