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IIII: P.14630-R(50)

Current Location: In storage

Titles

IIII
Four of Coins

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Lamperti, L.

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Description

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. Four decorated coins with two branching leaf and flower designs and an orb at the centre. The Roman Numeral IIII 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.

Legal notes

J.E. Foster, M.A., 1872-1912

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown by Foster, J.E., M.A.

Note

Height 107mm x width 53mm

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14630-R(50)
Primary reference Number: 224848

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 15 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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