IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 224873 accession number: P.14630-R(75) DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: From a full set of 78 tarot cards of the Piedmont type (Tarocco Piemontese), made in Milan by L. Lamperti. One of 22 trump cards. 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. An unbearded male figure sits on a throne in profile facing left. He wears a crown and holds a sceptre surmounted by an orb in his right hand. Incorporated into the woodcut at the right side of the throne is a coat of arms which is a simplified version of the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1815-1866). The coat of arms features the Iron Crown of Lombardy around the necks of a double-headed eagle carrying in its left talon a sword and sceptre (like the one held by the Emperor) and an orb in its right. The initials at the centre: 'F I', probably refer to Emperor of Austria, Ferdinand I (1793-1875), who was crowned King of Lombardy-Venetia in Milan in 1838. He was the last Emperor to be crowned with the Iron Crown. Printed above and below: IIII; L'IMPERATORE. 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. title: playing card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: J.E. Foster, M.A., 1872-1912 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/224873 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- woodcut CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Lamperti, L.