Hand-colored woodblock playing card showing a crowned figure in red and green seated on a patterned block, holding an upright green sword.

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card

A crowned figure in red and green robes sits on a yellow-patterned block, holding a tall green sword upright before them. Yellow and green stencil colors fill the outlined woodblock print, with star motifs in the upper corners of the card.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Stencil-colored woodblock print
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1622 × 2547 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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