Knight of Cups
Printmaker:
Unknown
Publisher:
Aspiotis, Gerasimos
Painter:
Aspiotis, Nikolaos
(After)
A double-ended court card featuring a Knight wearing armour and plumed helmet, with horse. A spear rises up behind the horse's head. The figure holds a large cup aloft in his right hand. The card is untitled. From a complete set of 52 Greek playing cards of the Venetian type. Lithography in black ink, coloured with three stones of blue, red and yellow. The backs of the cards feature a lithographed design in blue ink of a repeated crown pattern.
Given by Sir Stephen Gaselee, 1939
Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Gaselee, Stephen
19th Century
Circa
1873
-
Circa
1902
Height 94mm x width 47mm
Accession number: P.60-1939(15)
Primary reference Number: 224961
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Knight of Cups" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/224961 Accessed: 2024-11-28 06:24:43
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/224961
|title=Knight of Cups
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-28 06:24:43|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-224961
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...