Playing Cards and Illustrations

Colorful illustrations of historical playing cards featuring kings, queens, and noble figures, often designed with intricate patterns and symbolism.

Proposed Frontispiece for the Works of Villiers de l'Isle Adam; Projet de Frontispice pour les Oeuvres de Villiers de l'Isle Adam. Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Pencil on paper. Executed circa 1891. 39 x 18cm.

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

King of Horns, from The Cloisters Playing Cards ca. 1475-80 South Netherlandish The Cloisters set of fifty-two cards constitutes the only known complete deck of illuminated ordinary playing cards (as opposed to tarot cards) from the fifteenth century. There are four suits, each consisting of a king, queen, knave, and ten pip cards. The suit symbols, based on equipment associated with the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses. The value of the pip cards is indicated by appropriate repetitions of the suit symbol. The figures, which appear to be based on Franco-Flemish models, were drawn in a bold, free, and engaging, if somewhat unrefined, hand. Their exaggerated and sometimes anachronistic costumes suggest a lampoon of extravagant Burgundian court fashions. Although some period card games are named, it is not known how they were played. Almost all card games did, however, involve some form of gambling. The condition of the set indicates that the cards were

The figure in the illustration represents a French citizen around A.D. 1200. The illustration dates to 1882.

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

Roman fresco depicting a statue of Diana on a pedestal. Background, a wall in red cinnabar, blackened by exposure to the sun. 1st century BC. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

French 17th century playing card. (1659)

This figure represents a Moor in 1500. The illustration dates to 1882.

Proposed Frontispiece for the Works of Villiers de l'Isle Adam; Projet de Frontispice pour les Oeuvres de Villiers de l'Isle Adam. Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Pencil on paper. Executed circa 1891. 39 x 18cm.

Roman fresco depicting a statue of Diana on a pedestal. Background, a wall in red cinnabar, blackened by exposure to the sun. 1st century BC. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.

King of Nooses, from The Cloisters Playing Cards ca. 1475-80 South Netherlandish The Cloisters set of fifty-two cards constitutes the only known complete deck of illuminated ordinary playing cards (as opposed to tarot cards) from the fifteenth century. There are four suits, each consisting of a king, queen, knave, and ten pip cards. The suit symbols, based on equipment associated with the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses. The value of the pip cards is indicated by appropriate repetitions of the suit symbol. The figures, which appear to be based on Franco-Flemish models, were drawn in a bold, free, and engaging, if somewhat unrefined, hand. Their exaggerated and sometimes anachronistic costumes suggest a lampoon of extravagant Burgundian court fashions. Although some period card games are named, it is not known how they were played. Almost all card games did, however, involve some form of gambling. The condition of the set indicates that the cards wer

REY DON RODRIGO - ULTIMO REY VISIGODO - MINIATURA PERTENECIENTE A LA GENEALOGIA DE LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA - SIGLO XVI - COPIADO POR DIONISIO. Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. RODRIGO REY DE ESPAÑA ENTRE EL.

Philip III the Good (1396-1467). Duke of Burgundy (1419-1467). Philip III together with two princesses. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

The figure represented here is a French doctor of medicine between 1550 and 1600. The illustration dates to 1882.

Portrait of Eleonora of Austria on horseback, Cornelis Anthonisz. (Possible), 1550 - 1552 print Eleonora from Austria in women's sitting on horseback, in the top left of her weapon, diamond -shaped. Low Countriespublisher: Antwerp paper equestrian state-portrait

Playing card from the game of Piquet of Charles VII (sometimes called 'Coursube'). Attributed initially to the 15th Century but published in Lyon at the start of the 17th Century.

Initial I: A Martyr Saint; Lippo Vanni (Italian, active about 1340 - about 1375); Siena, Tuscany, Italy; third quarter of 14th century; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 30.2 x 11.5 cm (11 7,8 x 4 1,2 in.)

Playing card from the game of Piquet of Charles VII (sometimes called 'Coursube'). Attributed initially to the 15th Century but published in Lyon at the start of the 17th Century.

Augustus I of Saxony (1526-1586). Culture: German, Leipzig. Dimensions: H. 106 1/2 x W. 73 inches (270.5 x 185.4 cm). Maker: Woven by Seger Bombeck (German, active 1545-1552). Date: 1550.Tapestry portraits are rare. This one has the name and age of the sitter, his coat of arms, the date, and the initials of the weaver, S. B. (in lower right corner). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The figure represents a French pilgrim around A.D. 1100. The illustration dates to 1882.

Playing card from the game of Piquet of Charles VII (sometimes called 'Coursube'). Attributed initially to the 15th Century but published in Lyon at the start of the 17th Century.

St Michael the Archangel fighting dragon with sword. In left hand he holds balance to weigh men's souls. Bernadino Martini, known as Zenale (1436-1526) Italian artist.

Heralds announcing the death of Charles VI to his son, c1500, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Katharina von Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony 1514 Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553 German) Oil on canvas Gemaldegalerie, Dresden, Germany

Cuchulain talks with Emer, daughter of Forgall Monach. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's Cuchulain The Hound of Ulster, Harrap, London, 1909.

Saint Agatha. Vergós workshop; Spanish, documented 1439-1503. Date: 1492-1505. Dimensions: Panel: 175.8 × 93.3 cm (69 1/4 × 36 3/4 in.); Painted Surface: 167 × 84.5 cm (65 3/4 × 33 1/4 in.). Oil and gold on panel. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Raphael Vergos.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory 19th century After John Flaxman British. Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory 363595

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

The independence of Wales came to an end in A.D. 1282 when Edward I of England led an army into the principality. Summoning the representatives of the subdued people, the king, it is said, promised them a prince who was a Welshman by birth, and who could speak no other language. Then, he showed his infant son Edward (shown in this illustration), who had been born at Carnarvon. Young Edward (later Edward II) was the first Prince of Wales.

German Couple, 1300-1350

Altarpiece of the church of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià, circa 1455-1460. Saint Vincent before Dacian. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. 176 x 97,8 x 8,8 cm. It came from the church of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià, Barcelona. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona. Author: Jaume Huguet.

French 17th century playing card. (1659)

'An Emperor of the Third Century', 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris.

Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, c 1150-1155 (1924). Artist: Unknown

Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, after a miniature painting on parchment in a Carolingian book of gospels, 770-850AD. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) The Nine Days Queen. A granddaughter of Henry VII, after the death of her Protestant cousin Edward VI, her ambitious father-in-law the Duke of Northumberland proclaimed her queen. Henry VIIIs elder daughters claim was stronger and she was crowned Mary I. Jane was beheaded 12 February 1554. Portrait c1545.

Saint Catherine. Dated: 1480 or after. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in red lake, yellow, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Workshop of Master of the Protective Saints of Cologne.

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772-1834). Second Qajar king of Persia. Portrait by the Persian painter Mihr 'Ali (fl.1795-post 1830), Iran. 1809-1810. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Coloured illustration of a playing card. 1792.

Nobleman in cap, mantle, surtout, laced hose, seated on a throne with his sword drawn. A nobleman of the 13th century in his Habit of State. From a French Apocalypse manuscript, MS Bodleian Auct D iv 17 (old mark 86 Arch B). Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

Tarock game, tw, With Wiener Type,Volksleben representations - PIK König

Shakespeare's Falstaff , Knights, Falstaff, John, Sir Fictitious character

Man being hit by a spear in a fresco inside the castle of Sabbionara, Avio, Lagarina Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 12th century, detail.

Radegund, Thuringian princess and Frankish queen of Chlothar I, c. 520-587. Founder of the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. Seated on a throne in veil and pearl-edged epaulettes and knee-pad, bejeweld robe, holding a stylus and folding diptych-style writing tablet. From a manuscript Vie de Sainte Radegonde, Poitiers Library. Radegonde, femme de Clotaire Ier. France, XIe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Friedrich von Sonnenburg, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

Figure de Saint Louis sous le nom de Salomon vitre de la croisée septentrionale, de la cathédrale de Chartres.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Carre_o de Miranda, Juan (1614-1685) Museo del Prado, Madrid Painting 207,2x123 Portrait Portrait of the Ambassador Pyotr Ivanovich Potyomkin (1617-1700)

The Figures represented here are French people living in the 17th century, specifically between 1600 and 1670. They are two lords of the court. The illustration dates to 1882.

Illustration of the young Conrad, son of Henry IV in the Vatican Library in Rome, Italy, digital improved file of an original print from the 19th century, Europe

Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Queen of Englad and Ireland. Tudor dynasty. Engraving. Medallion.

Tyrolean 16th Century, Saint Alban of Mainz, c 1500 1525 Saint Alban of Mainz

Wszyscy Święci w MNK unknown, Driendl, Thomas (1805 1859)

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

Coloured illustration of playing card. Edited by Hector of Trois, mid 17th Century.

First Crusade (1095-1099). Baldwin I of Jerusalem, illustration of the Chonicle of Jerusalem (15th c.). Renaissance art. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. National Library.

A messenger bringing news of Harold to William Duke of Normandy before the Battle of Hastings 1066. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Facsimile de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, grandeur de loriginal. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.

Chimney pilch of 33 tiles (11 x 3) with a blue-painted Roman soldier with helmet, his head to the left and a sword in his right hand, standing under a bow.

History of England. 14th century. From left to right: lady, Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), called "the Black Prince", and Philippa of Hainaut (1314-1369), Queen consort of England (1328-1369). Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Rahua Ocllo. Unknown

DETALLE DE LA VIDRIERA DEL CATALOGO DE LAS OBRAS DE ARTE EXISTENTES EN EL PALACIO DEL SENADO - 1917 - PORTADA DE LA SEGUNDA EDICION. Author: ANGEL AVILES (1842-1924) Y ANGEL PIRALA (1824-1903). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

USA, New York, Finger Lakes Region, Corning, Corning Museum of Glass, Panel of the arms of Esher von Glas, Swiss, 1510

Design for costume for Lucifer, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878 - 1938 drawing Costume design for Lucifer, character from the play 'Lucifer' by Joost van den Vondel. parchment (animal material). ink pen / brush stage costume. male literary characters (LUCIFER)

Woman from the Bulgarian Coast. Dating: 1700 - 1737. Place: Istanbul. Measurements: h 39.5 cm × w 31 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of).

Promotional art for Prince Igor, a Perfume of Rigaud. A bejeweled Russian prince sits on a throne within an arched border. Colour-printed illustration by Armand Vallee from Andre de Fouquieres The Perfumes of Rigaud, Letters of a Parisian and and American Girl, L'art des parfums, Lettres d'un Parisien et d'une Américaine, Maison Rigaud, Parfumeur, Paris, 1915.

The figure in this image is an Italian man of rank from the A.D. 1300s. The illustration dates to 1882. .

Europe. Middle Ages. 14th century. Lady and nobleman. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

NAIPE - SOTA DE ESPADAS - SIGLO XVIII. Location: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Hennel Landschad von Steinach, died 1377, and his wife Mia von Sickingen. From a grave effigy in a church in Neckarsteinach. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C.R. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Historia de Catalunya. Ramon Borrell I (972-1017), conde de Barcelona. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Saint John the Baptist, upper half of central pannel. Detail of the legs. Flemish art. Oil on wood.

Portrait of eunuch by Jean Baptiste van Mour, Oil on canvas, 1737, 1671-1737, Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 39x31

Warrior, Europe, 4th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Warrior, Europe, 4th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Engraving depicting the figure of Justice after a 15th century French playing card. Dated 19th century

Vintage playing card showing a king holding a sceptre and an urn

Coloured illustration of playing card, published by J. Leblond in Paris in 1664.

COSTUMBRES DE LOS ZARES BOYARDOS Y ALABERDEROS. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

The figure represented here Catherine de Medici, who died in 1589. Catherine was an Italian noblewoman who was queen of France from 1547 until 1559, by marriage to King Henry II. This illustration dates to 1882.

CHARLES Le Tmraire (the Reckless), 1433-77 Duke of Burgundy, from illuminated manuscript of the Statutes of the Golden Fleece, 16th century

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Standbild von Heinrich der Löwe im Dom zu Braunschweig, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Edward V, King of England, 1483 (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft.

Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899). Princess consort of Bulgaria, wife of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. House of Bourbon-Parma. House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary. Portrait of Princess Marie Louise, 1900, by Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938). National Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria. Author: Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938). Bulgarian painter of Czech descent.

SPAIN - Bahía y Costa de la Luz (district) - ANDALUSIA - Cadiz. Museo de / Cádiz Museum, "Angel Turiferario" painting by Murillo

German 15th Century, Kaiser Sigmund, 1483 or before Kaiser Sigmund

ANNE, 1477-1514 Queen of Brittany, interred in her sarcophagus, from manuscript of Funeral of Anne of Brittany

Sant de Retablo. Dated: 1939/1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 35"x18". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert W. R. Taylor and William Kieckhofel.

A skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.

Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus), Anonymous

Europe. Judge. Engraving, 19th century.

Eduardo García Guerra / 'Sigeric'. Ca. 1856. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A court fool of the 15th century. 19th century reproduction of miniature from a medieval manuscript

Robert the Bruce,1888 Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898), Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, 19th Century, Drawing, Chalk, Scotland, Scroll, crown, Full-length, Royal, King, Works on Paper

Saint Sebastien Anonymous, formerly attributed to the Spanish School. Saint S�bastien. It would be the work of a counterfeiter, who also painted the Saint Michael terrassant the dragon, both preserved by the museum. Late nineteenth century. Oil on wood.

Sir Geraint tests Lady Enid's loyalty to him through many trials. Here they ride through a deserted Roman town.

GRABADO-VASCA MONTANESA S XVI.

Montezuma II (1466-1520) Aztec Emperor Of Mexico Engraving

Allegorical representation of Philosophy (the lady) accompanied by the writer and philosopher, Boece Date: 15th Century

Michelle de Vitry, widow of Jean Jouvenel des Ursins, died 1456. After her husband's death in 1431, she wore black mourning dress with the wimple and headband of a nun. From a painting on wood. After a painting on wood, era of King Charles VII. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH sacrifices his new cloak so that his queen's feet will not get muddied.

Design for costume for Alexander. Draughtsman: Richard Roland Holst. Dating: Aug-1910. Measurements: h 350 mm × w 231 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The figures represented here are English people between A.D. 1300 and 1400. They are, from left to right: two people belonging to the court and a man of rank in 1377. The illustration dates to 1882.

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