Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
Italian, active c. 1465
Saturn, plate 47 from Planets and Spheres
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Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
Italian, active c. 1465c. 1465
Saturn, plate 47 from Planets and Spheres
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi Italian, active c. 1465 →engravingprint
Date
c. 1465
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.8 × 9.8 cm (6 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 10.1 cm (7 1/16 × 4 in.); Sheet: 18.5 × 10.5 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Saturn is part of a 50-card set known as the Tarocchi, which were not tarot cards but which probably served a didactic purpose as a memory game. The unknown artist worked in a strongly linear, dry style with a touch of the grotesque. These engravings emphasize the gods’ mythology over their astrological significance. The prints present curious details, such as Saturn devouring his particularly tiny children (who would survive and later defeat him).
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