Minchiate Tarot Playing Card XVII, Stencil-Colored Woodblock

A hand-colored woodblock playing card with the Roman numeral XVII across the top. A seated woman with long hair and a ring of red dots behind her head holds a small oval mirror in one hand and a dark green serpent-like form in the other, in red, green and ochre stencil color.

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