Botticelli, Sola Busca and Marco Zoppo
One of the possible dates for the production of the Sola Busca deck is 1491.
Since the frescos by Botticelli in the Cappella Sistina were painted in 1482, everything seems to fit.
Looking around for more information about this deck, I found
this url where they say
Playing Cards: [Zoppo Pr] Zoppo, Marco (ca.1433-1478), attr. "Mato" [Matto/Joker], one of the so-called Sola-Busca Tarocchi. engraving. A fool (matto) has a bagpipe. (E. Ruhmer. Marco Zoppo. Vicenza 1966. fig. 28)
So the deck is attributed to Marco d'Antonio di Ruggero aka "Lo Zoppo". He was born near Ferrara in 1433 and died in Venice in 1478. Venice is consistent with what is currently thought of the Sola Busca deck, but if the deck was painted by Marco Zoppo than it is at least 13 older than what is usually believed. Moreover, the Botticelli fresco we examined did not exist at the time. Possibly there is another author that influenced both Lo Zoppo and Botticelli. A candidate could be Perugino, who was one of Marco Zoppo's teachers: I should have a look at his devils
On the internet I did not find many works by Marco Zoppo. I attach a comparison between a detail of a painting from the Louvre (
La Vierge et l'Enfant entourés de huit anges) and two aces from the Sola Busca deck: a lot of putti everywhere