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Ancient Enlightened Tarots      2000      Italy                                                   Art Medium: Redrawn in pen and waterclour from the original. Description: Antici Tarocchi Illuminati. Reproduction of the late 15th century (possibly 1491) Sola-Busca hand painted tarot deck, now associated with the painter Nicola di Maestro Antonio (Florence 1448 - Ancona 1511). Until recently this was held by the Sola-Busca family but bought in 2009 by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture for the Pinacoteca di Brera Museum in Milan. For this edition Lo Scarabeo drew on a redrawing of the images made at the end of the 20th Century in which the colours have been refereshed, modified and strengthened.