PLAYING CARDS
"Alart" [Jack of Hearts]; "Hector" [Jack of Diamonds] , [Lyon?, early 16th century]
"Alart" [Jack of Hearts]; "Hector" [Jack of Diamonds] , pochoir-coloured (red, green, blue and grey-brown) wood-engavings on paper, the figures in medieval French courtly dress, named in gothic lettering on left, standing within architectural borders, with buildings, towers and ramparts in the background, mounted on card, 102 x 74mm. (the second cropped to 95 x 75mm.), [Lyon?, early 16th century]
Two rare playing cards, seemingly from the same pack, depicting the Trojan hero Hector and Alard, from the novel of Renaut de Montauban.
Provenance: Tajan, Autographes et Livres, 30 September 2002, lot 35
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"Alart" [Jack of Hearts]; "Hector" [Jack of Diamonds] , [Lyon?, early 16th century]
"Alart" [Jack of Hearts]; "Hector" [Jack of Diamonds] , pochoir-coloured (red, green, blue and grey-brown) wood-engavings on paper, the figures in medieval French courtly dress, named in gothic lettering on left, standing within architectural borders, with buildings, towers and ramparts in the background, mounted on card, 102 x 74mm. (the second cropped to 95 x 75mm.), [Lyon?, early 16th century]
Two rare playing cards, seemingly from the same pack, depicting the Trojan hero Hector and Alard, from the novel of Renaut de Montauban.
Provenance: Tajan, Autographes et Livres, 30 September 2002, lot 35
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