Minchiate Tarot Playing Card, Carte Fine, Roma, 1687

A rectangular playing card with a cream ground and a thin border shows four yellow-and-green rosettes in the corners. At the center, a red and gold cartouche with scrolling flourishes bears the printed words CARTE FINE, ROMA, and 1687, in a stencil-colored woodblock print.

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