Tarot card — Ace of Cups, Cicognara, Antonio, Italy, c.1490s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c.1490s
Tarot card — Ace of Cups, Cicognara, Antonio, Italy, c.1490s is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated c.1490s. The museum's brief description reads: Tarot card depicting the Ace of Cups.
Italian, c.1490s. Formerly attributed to Antonio di Ciconagra.. Museum description: Hand-painted tarocco (tarot) card The museum record gives material recorded as watercolour, card, varnish, tempera; measurements Height 17 cm; Width 8.5 cm; place associated: Italy; maker recorded: Cicognara, Antonio. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- watercolour, card, varnish, tempera
- Dimensions
- Height 17 cm; Width 8.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Probably egg tempera on parchment/ vellum, on board, with burnished gold which has been tooled. Backs of the cards are parchment/ vellum, coloured red.
- Maker recorded
- Cicognara, Antonio
- Place recorded
- Italy
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- nec spe nec metu
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tarot card
- Museum object number
- E.1471-1926
- Museum system number
- O761806
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: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.