In French "Le Bateleur", "the mountebank" or the "sleight of hand artist", is a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him "Il Bagatto" or "Il Bagatello". The Mantegna Tarocchi image that would seem to correspond with the Magician is labeled "Artixano", the Artisan; he is the second lowest in the series, outranking only the Beggar. Visually the 18th-century woodcuts reflect earlier iconic representations, and can be compared to the free artistic renditions in the 15th-century hand-painted tarots made for the Visconti and Sforza families. In the painted cards attributed to Bonifacio Bembo, the Magician appears to be playing with cups and balls.