M2032: Playing Card: Three of Batons
PrintsOn off-white card stock, a fine lined engraving depicts an emblem of three batons tied with a blue ribbon. Two yellow batons cross diagonally at center, forming an “X” shape, while a red baton at passes behind them, vertically at center. The three are joined by a blue ribbon tied in a knot around them at center, with its ends floating out at either side. The yellow batons each have a blue cuff, topped with a red dome shaped cap at either end. The red baton also has blue cuffs, but yellow caps. Five concentric dotted lines form a border around the image.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M2032
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Playing Card: Three of Batons
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Tarots Playing Cards for Florentine Game of Minchiate, Complete Set of 97 Cards
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/251672
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving with stenciled opaque watercolor on card
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 9.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edward W. 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
- M2032
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/2020 - 07/30/2021
Verification Level
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