Here are my queens…. there are some subtle differences worth looking at. A generally found difference is in the spelling: the German card-maker used I instead of Y in all the queen-cards. But there are others as well. In contrast to the Conver image, where the Queen of Swords actually places her hand under her heart, as if she was pregnant, the Hes Queen of Swords points to the Sword itself.

The Queen of Batons in the Hes deck makes up for this, actually:). She places her left hand on her belly and not on her clothes as in the Conver image. The tree-image on the Conver card is missing in our card. If you want to be very symbolic, you could say that it is not a big difference, since the tree was replaced with the snake:).

On the Hes Queen of Cups we have a window instead of the funny looking textile over the Queen’s head…. I leave to you the interpretation of this detail…

The main difference for me in the Queens of Coins is the lower brow of the Hes-Queen, and you cannot see her crown entirely. Another thing is the strange part of clothing on the right leg.

Well I am sure you are able to detect much more interesting differences…. It is always a good exercise to compare the images in different Marseille decks, it teaches us to notice seemingly unimportant details – not only in cards, but in our life as well, – and improves our interpretation skills too.
Have a nice day!
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