Untitled Triumph Card
Bonifacio Bembo, c.1455 |
The Conjurer from
Children of the Moon Cristoforo, c.1460 - 1470, De Sphaera of Iohannes Sacrobosco, made for Francesco or Galeazzo Maria Sforza. |
Triumph card, c. 1475,
belonging to the Este family, Dukes of Ferrara. |
Triumph card, c. 1475,
belonging to the d'Este family, Dukes of Ferrara (drawing of the previous card in d'Allegmagne 1906, from Kaplan, 1978). |
"Master of the Medieval Hausbuch"
c. 1475-1490 www.humanist.de/rome/housebook www.frick.org/html/medieval.htm www.origrafica.com/research/art11_1.asp |
"Bagatella" card from
an uncut sheet, c.1500 Cary Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University |
Conjurer from
Children of the Moon, in the Seven Planets of Hans Sebald Beham, c. 1530-40 |
Le Bateleur
Tarot de Catelin Geoffrey 1557 |
Il Bagatino Late 15th - early 16th century, Ferrara or Florence, Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
Le Bateleur, "Anonymous Parisian Tarot" early 17th century, Bibliothèque Nationale de France Paris |
Notes:See also the figure in the colored block-book Children of the Moon atwww.origrafica.com/research/art11_1.asp
In these figures from the 15th and 16th century, note that (except for the Rosenwald) the Conjurer has on his table very prominent balls or coins, along with cups, usually two but sometimes three, accompanied by other small objects for doing tricks.
Charles Zika explains the 15th century significance of the figure of the Conjurer in his paper at
(Ross Gregory Caldwell) |