Tarocchi
Medium
engraving hand-colored with gold
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1924.432
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Scholars generally agree that this set of 50 engravings was an educational tool, perhaps devised by a humanist scholar to visually describe a fifteenth-century philosophical model of the cosmos. It was believed that the universe was a ladder-like structure that began with the beggar and rose through the ranks of humankind, the muses, the liberal arts, the virtues, and the planets, until it finally reached the pinnacle, the dwelling place of God. Reflecting this order, the engravings can be divid...
About the Artist
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century) (Italian) · 1400 –1500