Rosanne
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/soprafino/
I love this pattern, in fact I prefer it to earlier woodblock decks, as I like the engraved look.
The engravings were commissioned by Printer Gummpenberg to engraver Carlo Dellarocco from Milan.
I was looking through my notes about this deck.
Here are a few bits and Pieces that may have some import to why the difference in the decks as against the Tdm patterns.
Firstly I wonder if Carlo Dellarocco had Masonic connections? Like the Grand Orient of Italy?
Gummpenberg was trained in Germany where copper engraving was used and the superfine style was prevalent. He went to Milan in 1809. At this time the King of Italy and Viceroy of Italy was a man called Eugene Rose de Beauharnais. The l'Imperatore image looks exceedingly like him. He was Napoleon's stepson. No longer was there a Holy Roman Emperor who last was Francis II deposed by Napoleon in 1800.
The baldachino behind the Empress is very similiar to the French coat of arms of de Beauharnais, including the eagle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_coat_of_arms_of_Eugène_de_Beauharnais.svg
Apart from the Il Bagattel who is a cobbler (which really was not the name of someone who made shoes, but fixed them) The heel of Fortune has some symbols that are very like the documents of the Grand Orient of Italy. This Masonic order was firstly of France, and makes one think of the fox gobbling up the coins on the wheel.
Here is a certificate from the Grand Orient of France? Enlarge it and see the symbols like the smoke filled urn etc.
Anyway, I think there is lots to talk about.
I have several editions, but because it is clearest I am using the Classic Tarot.
Looking forward to other insights.
~Rosanne
I love this pattern, in fact I prefer it to earlier woodblock decks, as I like the engraved look.
The engravings were commissioned by Printer Gummpenberg to engraver Carlo Dellarocco from Milan.
I was looking through my notes about this deck.
Here are a few bits and Pieces that may have some import to why the difference in the decks as against the Tdm patterns.
Firstly I wonder if Carlo Dellarocco had Masonic connections? Like the Grand Orient of Italy?
Gummpenberg was trained in Germany where copper engraving was used and the superfine style was prevalent. He went to Milan in 1809. At this time the King of Italy and Viceroy of Italy was a man called Eugene Rose de Beauharnais. The l'Imperatore image looks exceedingly like him. He was Napoleon's stepson. No longer was there a Holy Roman Emperor who last was Francis II deposed by Napoleon in 1800.
The baldachino behind the Empress is very similiar to the French coat of arms of de Beauharnais, including the eagle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_coat_of_arms_of_Eugène_de_Beauharnais.svg
Apart from the Il Bagattel who is a cobbler (which really was not the name of someone who made shoes, but fixed them) The heel of Fortune has some symbols that are very like the documents of the Grand Orient of Italy. This Masonic order was firstly of France, and makes one think of the fox gobbling up the coins on the wheel.
Here is a certificate from the Grand Orient of France? Enlarge it and see the symbols like the smoke filled urn etc.
Anyway, I think there is lots to talk about.
I have several editions, but because it is clearest I am using the Classic Tarot.
Looking forward to other insights.
~Rosanne