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Jupiter (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #46)

before 1467

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

(Italian, active 1460s)
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Culture
Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
Medium
engraving
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.46
Catalogue raisonné
Hind E.I.46a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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The mandorla framing Mars recalls depictions of Christ in majesty in portals of Romanesque cathedrals.

Description

This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named Firmaments of the Universe. This series comprises the seven planets from the classical astronomy (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the three celestial spheres that separate them from the Supreme Entity (Prima Causa) from which everything was originated.

Here, Iupiter (Jupiter) is personified as a full-length crowned male figure, turned to left. He is seated on a double rainbow and framed by a mandorla with an eagle at the top and a child at the bottom. Dead soldiers appear in the imaginary landscape surrounding Jupiter.
A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts a crowned, bearded man seated on a crescent within a large vertical oval. He holds a staff in his raised hand on our left, while an eagle perches atop the oval frame. Below his feet, a small figure sits, and five armored figures lie outside the oval at the base. A diamond-patterned border frames the scene. At the bottom, text reads "IVPITER XXXXVI."

Jupiter (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #46)

before 1467

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

(Italian, active 1460s)
Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

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