Jupiter, Mantegna Tarocchi — Antique Celestial Print
Jupiter, Mantegna Tarocchi — Antique Celestial Print
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Jupiter, king of the gods, sits enthroned within a mandorla — the almond-shaped halo medieval artists reserved for Christ in Majesty — grasping a spear that stands in for his thunderbolt while the bodies of his victims lie scattered below. The eagle and child beside him recall Ganymede, the beautiful youth Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, carried off to serve as cupbearer on Olympus. Sixth among the seven planetary spheres that close the Tarocchi's cosmological hierarchy, this plate belongs to the 50-engraving E-series made in northern Italy around 1465, a catalogue of human society, the Muses, the arts and sciences, and the virtues — never a deck used for card play. The series still carries Andrea Mantegna's name by long tradition, but modern scholarship doubts he engraved it, and its true author is unresolved.
Materials & origin
- Material: 200 gsm gallery-grade, acid-free fine-art paper (FSC-certified).
- Print: Archival giclée, 12-colour printing, smooth matte finish for glare-free display.
- Artwork: Restored from a public-domain original; colour and detail digitally cleaned for large-format print.
- Origin: Made on demand and shipped from the print hub nearest you, cutting transit and waste.
- Framing: Sold unframed; ships rolled in a protective tube.
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My reaction went from disappointed to fine over about a week. The detail in Jupiter, Mantegna Tarocchi holds up at a distance and softens if you come closer. It is thinner than I pictured and still holds its shape fine. Delivery took two and a half weeks, which felt long for the price. It fills the space and that is the whole story.
The whole thing looks like it was made in a hurry by someone who did not care. I paid eleven dollars in shipping for something that arrived in worse shape than it left. I would not wish this order on anybody…
The quality is better than most of what I have seen at this price. The scan behind Jupiter, Mantegna Tarocchi is clean, with no obvious artifacts. The value here is strong even with the shipping cost. The whole order took less than a week from checkout to opening it.
The colors are richer in person than they look on a screen. The colors in Jupiter, Mantegna Tarocchi are richer than any version I found online. It fits the hallway like it was made for the space. I already have my eye on a second one.