File:Italian Nobleman of the Fifteenth Century From a Playing card engraved on Copper about 1460 Cabinet des Estampes National Library of Paris edit2.png
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The caption reads: “Italian Nobleman of the Fifteenth Century. From a Playing-card engraved on Copper about 1460 (Cabinet des Estampes, National Library of Paris).” Project Gutenberg text 10940. — This is a free reproduction of engraving no. 5 from the E-series of the so-called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantegna_Tarocchi" class="extiw" title="en:Mantegna Tarocchi">Mantegna Tarocchi</a>; the reproduction misses the ornamental margin and the original caption of the engraving, reading E --- Zintilomo · V · --- 5 (“Zintilomo” is venetian dialect for Gentleman). Today, the Mantegna Tarocchi are no longer regarded as playing cards; they may have had some educational purpose and were probably made around 1465 by an unknown artist in Ferrara.
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| current | 23:36, 3 January 2017 | | 877 × 1,601 (203 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>The caption reads: “Italian Nobleman of the Fifteenth Century. From a Playing-card engraved on Copper about 1460 (Cabinet des Estampes, National Library of Paris).” Project Gutenberg text 10940. — This is a free reproduction of engraving no. 5 from the E-series of the so-called <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantegna_Tarocchi" class="extiw" title="en:Mantegna Tarocchi">Mantegna Tarocchi</a></i>; the reproduction misses the ornamental margin and the original caption of the engraving, reading <i>E --- Zintilomo · V · --- 5</i> (“Zintilomo” is venetian dialect for <i>Gentleman</i>). Today, the <i>Mantegna Tarocchi</i> are no longer regarded as playing cards; they may have had some educational purpose and were probably made around 1465 by an unknown artist in Ferrara. </p> |
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