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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Queen of Coins
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A sweet-faced Queen with brown hair and eyes smiles gently. She is richly dressed, but has a modest demeanour. In the background is a rural landscape with a town, a wood, a dog and a bird.

My Interpretation: A wealthy, yet generous woman. A sensible, intelligent and down-to-earth woman. Hardworking, philanthropic. She has a head for business, but also great warmth in the domestic aspects of her life. She is positive, good natured and has a boisterous sense of humour. (Reversed: A mean, selfish and hard-nosed woman. A woman who will do almost anything for money)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've added more symbolism to assist readers (I loved the plain version as is, but they've got to be collages!). This card is quite different to the Rider-Waite card, although hopefully still easily recognisable as both Queen and Coin are fairly obvious. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Master of the Bambino Vispo, Italian painter, Florentine school (active 1420s); Virgin Mary 1422-23 Tempera on poplar, 35 x 29 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.

Bird: Unknown English Miniaturist (active 14th century); Gray-Fitzpayn Book of Hours 14th century Illumination on parchment Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Necklace: Neroccio de' Landi, Italian painter/sculptor, Sienese school (b. 1445, Siena, d. 1500, Siena); Portrait of a Lady 1490 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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

Coin: 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.