ANTIQUE TAROTS/QUEEN,KING,KNIGHT,PAGE,MAID OF CUPS WINE BOX

Monogram design with Renaissance Tarots.Missing minor arcana Queen of Cups created and replaced by Bulgan Lumini (c) .Digital collage and painting inspired by Medieval tarots. This beautiful Visconti deck may be the oldest Tarot deck in existence. It is one of several hand-painted Italian decks that the Visconti family commissioned in the 15th Century.The surviving cards are of particular historical interest because of the beauty and detail of the design, which was often executed in precious materials and often reproduce members of the Sforza and Visconti families in period garments and settings. Consequently, the cards also offer a glimpse of nobiliary life in Milan. When commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, and by his successor Francesco Sforza.