Minchiate
15662.51
From: Italy | Firenze | Florence (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Historic
| Object Title | Minchiate |
| Object Number | 15662.51 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Firenze | Florence (Italy) |
| Period | 18th Century |
| Date Made | ca. 1725 |
| Section | Historic |
| Materials | Paper |
| Technique | Watercolor |
| Iconography | History | Rome | Greece | Assyria | Persian |
| Description | 15662.51 - Wands VII - Roma = Rome - black on buff paper. Back: Wrapped back with black heraldic crest and stippling. Medici Coat of Arms. Incomplete deck with 57 out of 97 cards present. See 19314 - identical deck. See 15663 - similar face with different back Card Came/Deck - Minchiate Istoriche / Educational Historic cards featuring Assyria, Persia Greece and Rome. Copper Engraving: Anton Giuseppe Molinelli Playing Card Concession 1721-1731; Designed by Antonio Pazzi (1706-1766) with the assistance of his teacher Cosimo Mogalli (1667-1730). Unnumbered Trump card with "Status vedutada Nabucco" also reads "A. Pazzi fcolpi con l'affiftenzadi C Mogalli = made by A. Pazzi with the assistance of C. Mogalli" |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, 1893 |
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