Caption

Tarocca Playing Card — Knight of Pentacles illuminated, unknown artist, Krzeszowice Lesser Poland Voivodeship, horses, costumes, men, foreign miniatures, 1450–1500, Italy Florence, illuminated, miniature; dimensions: height 17.0 cm, width 8.4 cm; overall: height 31.5 cm, width 38 cm, depth 1.5 cm, A painted figure of a person wearing a red hat, a red tunic, and a grayish cape sits astride a white horse with green tack; the person holds a round golden disk in one hand and has orange-colored leggings and brown shoes with spurs, the horse stands on a green grassy ground decorated with small plant motifs, and the background and border are richly gilded with textured gold patterns and circular gold dots, with visible wear and aged edges showing small areas of exposed underlying material.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A17_003

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58.4Mb (6.4Mb) / 11.3in x 20.0in / 3403 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tarocca Playing Card Knight Pentacles illuminated unknown artist Krzeszowice Lesser Poland Voivodeship horses costumes men foreign miniatures 1450–1500 Italy Florence illuminated miniature dimensions height 17.0 cm width 8.4 cm 31.5 cm width 38 cm depth 1.5 cm painted figure person wearing red hat red tunic grayish cape sits astride white horse green tack person holds round golden disk hand orange-colored leggings brown shoes spurs horse stands green grassy ground decorated small plant motifs background border richly gilded textured gold patterns circular gold dots visible wear aged edges showing small areas exposed underlying material.