Photos: The Game of Tarots

Short photographic selection

 
 


1 - Marseille, approx. 1820
      Tarot of Marseille “B. Suzanne”
      Hand-painted wood-engraving


2 - Besançon, 1830
      Tarot of Besançon “Renault”
      Hand-painted wood-engraving


3 - Florence, 1725
      Minchiate “Etruria”
      Hand-painted etchings


4 - Bologna,1770
      Tarocchin0 “Al Leone”
      Wood-engravings painted with stencils


5 - Milan, approx. 1780
      Lombard Tarot “Al Soldato”
      Wood-engravings painted with stencils


6 - Card box
      Inlaid wood, with several compartments
      Italy, 18th C.


7 - Game box
      In lacquered wood, containing four boxes with bone counters 
      Chinoiserie scenes on top and bottom of the main box and on the internal boxes
      Venice, 18th C.


8 - Anonymous (France, 17th C.)
      Brawl  between card-players
      Arras


9 - Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Bologna, 1634 - 1718)
      Considerable conversation
      Etching


10. Pieter Tanjé (Bolswart, 1706 - Amsterdam, 1761)
        The cardsharper
        Etching