Playing card with six parrots
Also known as: Speelkaart met zes papegaaien
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1470 - 1500
This card is part of a pack of cards with 70 round cards of five different types: roses, columbines, cloves, parrots, and hares. Of each type there are ten cards with the numbers 1 through 10 and four cards depicting a figure. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-OB-987; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique engraving; measurements diameter 70 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 70 mm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 70 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Speelkaart met zes papegaaien
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-OB-987
- Museum classification
- print · playing card
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against playing-card references.