Jeu De Minchiate François De Poilly I 1658 Tarot

Artist(s) : ONEYECAT ; Author(s) : Zhao Chen
Publisher : Tarot Revivalist Workshop

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Item Number: 10962
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François Tarot 1658 Classical Tarot Restoration

Original painting by a famous French painter of the 17th century
The elegant style of painting is like an opera
Now it will reappear in perfect shape

- Limited to 500 sets with number card
- 99 cards in total (97 tarot cards, one introduction card and one numbered autograph card)
- 6.0 x 9.7cm replica original size
- 350gsm smooth, thick, beautiful and durable cardstock
- Card box with gold stamping

François De Poilly (1623-1693) was a French ngraver, noted for approvimately 400 engravings. This deck, his minchiate, is an extremely rare example of a famous artist making his own playing cards which is a textament to their preciousness.

Due to the age of the original work, it has produced yellowish of the paper and several stains and flaws etc. Therefore in this restoration, we used the technique of old photo restoration to remove almost all the stains and smudges, repair the missing and imperfections of the original work. And readjust and fill in the colors to give the masterpiece a new look without removing the flavor of the work itself. The original number cards have all been lost, and I have accurately restored and reconstructed them according to the style of French single-headed playing cards that survuved from the same period, correcting the errors in other current versions.

This deck is a 97-card Minchiate tarot system, with a clear structure of major arcana, composed of exquisite paintings with delicate lines and high artistic standards.

The 41 major arcana are structured as follows:
Mercury, Cupid, Venus, Bacchus, Prudence, Love, Justice, Faith, Strength, Destiny, Old Age, Youth, Childhood, Infancy, Taste, Touch, Smell, Hearing, Sight, Water, Fire, Earth, Air , 12 Zodiac sign, Stars, Moon, Sun, World, Trumpet, Fool

The 56 minor arcana use the images of the four continents at that time to depict the King, Queen, Knight and Page, and then add the French style for 1 to 10 pip cards.

Country of Origin: China
Volume/Weight/Size: 97 cards, 6 x 9.7cm
Price: $680 HKD
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