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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Eight of Coins
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A craftsman works sitting at a bench with a variety of woodworking tools. A castle can be seen through the window, and a woodpecker sits on his bench.

My Interpretation: New skills learned and applied with success. Creativity used to overcome financial hardship. Making do with little by acquiring new knowledge and skills. Apprenticeship and hard work will lead to a better future. (Reversed: Taking the easy option will not solve a problem. Impatience and distraction will prevent goals being met)

Edit notes to self: I've swapped around the images from my v1.0 to suit Rider Waite readers more. This is similar to the RW deck's card of a craftsman at work with his tools and a castle in the background. Still to do: pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Robert Campin, Master of Flémalle, Flemish painter (b. cca. 1375, Valenciennes, d. 1444, Tournai); Mérode Altarpiece c. 1427 Oil on wood, 64.1 x 117.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Face: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); Deposition (Pala di Santa Trinita) 1437-40 Tempera on wood, 176 x 185 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence.

Castle scene out of window: Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Jean, Paul), Flemish painters (b. 1370-80, Nijmegen, d. 1416, Nijmegen); Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry: Décembre (December) 1412-16 Illumination on vellum, 22.5 x 13.6 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly.

Woodpecker: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Angels Worshipping 1459-60 Fresco Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence.

Coins: Master Theoderic, Bohemian painter (active 1350-70 in Prague); Painting of a Saint 1360-65 Tempera on Wood National Gallery, Prague.

Parchment Text Panel: Unknown Illuminators, England; The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24), written and illuminated around 1200. Aberdeen University, Scotland.

Gilt Border: Conrad Witz, Swiss painter (b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. cca. 1445, Basel); King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1435 Panel, 84 x 79 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.