VIIII Nine of Coins
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Lamperti, L.
From a full set of 78 tarot cards of the Piedmont type (Tarocco Piemontese), made in Milan by L. Lamperti. A hand-coloured woodcut with the backs of the cards folded over the edges of the fronts to form a border that is typical of Italian cards. Nine decorated coins with two decorative flower motifs at the centre. The Roman Numeral VIIII (instead of IX, seen also in Bastoni suit) printed twice. On the verso is a woodcut printed in red ink and hand-coloured in yellow of a winged female figure holding aloft the Iron Crown of Lombardy, the word, MILANO printed below. The Tarocco pack consists of 78 cards: a trump suit of 22 cards, numbered from 0 to 21, and four 14-card suits of swords (spades), batons (bastoni), cups (coppe), and coins (denari). Each suit has a King (Re), Queen (Regina), Knight (Cavaliere) and Jack or Knave (Fante). There are similar sets in the collection of the British Museum. See: 1904,0511.38.1-78 and 1896,0501.120.
J.E. Foster, M.A., 1872-1912
Method of acquisition: Unknown by Foster, J.E., M.A.
Height 107mm x width 53mm
Accession number: P.14630-R(55)
Primary reference Number: 224853
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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