Playing card: Jack of Spades

Published/Created:
ca. 1475
Date Depicted:
1975
500 AD - 1499 AD
Notes:
A soft shirt and a crossed front doublet laced in blue. The multi-colored dress is typical of Renaissance young men.
Abstract:
By the High Renaissance long hair is often turned into a pageboy. Normally the face is clean shaven; sometimes older men are in trim beards. Hats are usually small and fitted caps. The turban is still popular.
Topics:
Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Playing cards -- Italy -- History -- (LC)
Prints -- Italy -- 15th century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Renaissance
Culture:
Italian
Accession Number:
4389-204
Genre:
costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
playing cards (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
Source Title:
History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 2
Source Created:
New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975
Call Number:
GT513 +B87 2 (LC)
Orbis Barcode:
39002051938489
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
New Haven, CT: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
OID:
10596512
PID:
digcoll:1795399