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A playing card with a hand printed motif of ten cups

On mottled, off-white yellowed card stock, an engraving depicts ten identical cups, arranged in alternating rows of three and two. Each cup is an ornamental chalice with a thin curved handle on each side of a domed lid. The bowl of the cup narrows to a thin circle atop a short stem on a circular base. The lid has a red dome, a yellow wall, and a green rim. The wall of the cup is ringed with a motif of green vertical leaves on yellow, while the stem is yellow with a red rim. Five concentric dotted lines form a border around the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M1997
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Playing Card: Ten of Cups
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Tarots Playing Cards for Florentine Game of Minchiate, Complete Set of 97 Cards
Former Title: Card X
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/251237

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving with stenciled color on card
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
9.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)

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
M1997
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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