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Tarocchini di Mitelli      1998 Giuseppe Maria Mitelli engravings coloured by Cornelia Pipoli      Italy                                                   Art Medium: Copies of the engravings, coloured with watercolour. Description: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634 -1718) created many emblematic engravings. Around 1660-65 he created a deck of 62 tarot card engravings, the Tarocchino Bolognese, for the noble family of Bentivoglio in Bologna. This was a cut down format leaving out cards 2-5 of each suit, used in certain card games of the time. The imagery was original, based on classical emblems, though within the established tarot forms. For this edition these engravings have been sensitively coloured with soft washes by Cornelia Pipoli.