When I got my Visconti deck, there was a differentl looking Fool. He looked like he had regrets about what he had done - and he was wearing feathers in his hair like a crown.
I thought it was odd until I did some research and discovered that this Fool seems to be modeled after
'La Stoltezza' (The Stupidity) which is one of the Allegories of the Virtues and Vices carvings at Scrovegni Chapel. Those carvings took my breath away!
I believe I read that both the carvings and the deck was done by the same artist, so it would seem to make sense that the inspiration for a Fool would be a depiction of Stupidity. However, the Fool wasn't shown as Stupidity is - walking off with eyes skyward, oblivious to what is ahead - this depiction is like 'the morning after,' and there did seem to be fear of 'what have I gotten myself in for?' It put the Fool in a whole new perspective for me. Sorry to sound ignorant - but perhaps during this time period behaving like a Fool was frowned upon so it was depicted within the context of the aftermath?