Touchstone Tarot - Ten of Pentacles
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Ten of Coins
A bearded elderly man sits in a garden writing a letter. He leans on a book to write, and a dog sits beside him. There is a vine on the wall and a large tub of rosemary. A young couple walk behind him in animated conversation. The young couple wear elaborate finery but the elderly man wears more practical attire.
The young couple in the background were actually married,
and in their lifetime these two portraits hung as a pair.
Sadly, they have now been separated and are in different
collections. I enjoyed reuniting the couple digitally. They
look very much in love.
Meanings
A valuable legacy. Domestic harmony, a fine home and financial security. An inheritance accrues. Wisdom formed by experience. Loyalty and remembrance.
Reversed
Security surrendered. Fear of
responsibility, a desire for freedom. Seeking escape from a
comfortable walled garden where all your desires are met,
but there are no challenges to stimulate you.
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Artwork
- Coin: ANGELICO, Fra, Annunciation, 1433-34, Museo Diocesano, Cortona.
- Coin profile: BALDOVINETTI, Alessio, Portrait of a Lady in Yellow, c.1465, National Gallery, London.
- Courtyard: FABRITIUS, Carel, The Watchman, 1654, Staatliche Museum, Schwerin.
- Happy girl: HALS, Frans, Isabella Coymans, 1650-52, private collection.
- Young man: HALS, Frans, Stephanus Geraerdts, 1650-52, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
- Rosemary: HIEPES, Tomás, Garden View with a Dog, 1660s, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
- Dog: BASSANO, Jacopo, Two Hounds, 1548-49, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
- Older man's body: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing, 1523, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basle.
- Green top: BOTTICELLI, Sandro, Giuliano de' Medici, 1478, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Head: DÜRER, Albrecht, Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher, 1526, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
