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A playing card with a hand printed motif of a seated king holding a cup

On mottled, off-white yellowed card stock, a fine lined engraving depicts a bearded man wearing a gold crown and a red robe. He is seated facing us in a four legged chair, his right arm cradling a scepter while his right hand holds up a gold, ornamental chalice with two handles on its domed lid. His red robe with green trim is folded across his lap over his blue leggings and gold sandals. Five concentric dotted lines form a border around the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2001
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Playing Card: King of Cups
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Tarots Playing Cards for Florentine Game of Minchiate, Complete Set of 97 Cards
Former Title: Card XIV
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/251446

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving with stenciled opaque watercolor on card
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
9.5 × 5.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Waldo Forbes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1921

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see W. G. Benham, pp. 5-7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1921
Object Number
M2001
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/2020 - 07/30/2021

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