print; playing-card

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Object Type: print; playing-card
Museum number: 1856,0510.846
Title: Object: Les trois Graces; Series: Jeu des fables
Description: Three of diamonds; the three Graces standing in centre with linked arms, with a garden behind; with text behind and a diamond at bottom centre; from a pack of 52 playing cards with mythological subject matter. 1644 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Stefano della Bella
School/style: Italian
Production date: 1644
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 88 millimetres; Width: 55 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See curator's comment to 1849,0421.226 and 1856,0510.801
Bibliographic references: De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella (513.IV)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Graces/Charities; Associated with: Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin; Associated with: Cardinal Jules Mazarin; Associated with: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name: Purchased from: A A Burt
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,0510.846

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