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A playing card with a hand printed motif of a winged figure standing atop the globe

On off-white card stock a fine lined engraving depicts a winged male figure, nude except for a green shroud wrapped around his shoulders and waist, against a red background. With pale skin and light brown hair, he stands facing us looking down, his weight on his back, right foot his left knee bending forward. He holds a gold crown aloft in his left hand, and a long gold arrow in his right. He stands atop a gray globe turned to a map labeled “Europa”. Four cherub heads surround it, blowing on it from four different directions. Five concentric dotted lines form a border around the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2214
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Playing Card: The World (Trump XXXVIIII)
Other Titles
Former Title: Card XCVI
Series/Book Title: Tarots Playing Cards for Florentine Game of Minchiate, Complete Set of 97 Cards
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/251768

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9.5 × 5.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Europa

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward W. Forbes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1922

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
1922
Object Number
M2214
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

Verification Level

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