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XV / IL DIAVOLO: P.14630-R(64)

Current Location: In storage

Titles

XV / IL DIAVOLO
15 / The Devil

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. 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. A male, bearded figure with horns and wings and a third eye in his stomach. Two smaller 'devil' figures to either side. A collapsing tower is set alight by the sun. A man falls head first from the tower. Printed above and below: XV; IL DIAVOLO. 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(64)
Primary reference Number: 224862

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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