print; playing-card

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Object Type: print; playing-card
Museum number: 1871,0513.638
Title: Object: Nouvelle France; Series: Jeu de la Géographie
Description: Playing card; female figure standing in profile facing left, holding an arrow in her right hand and a bow in her left hand, wearing short native dress and a feathered headdress; from a pack of 52 geographical playing cards. 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: 54 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See curator's comment to 1871,0513.587
Bibliographic references: De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella (585.III)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; nationality/peoples
Associated names: Associated with: Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin; Associated with: Cardinal Jules Mazarin; Associated with: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Associated places: Associated with: Canada
Acquisition name: Purchased from: William Radeke
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Willem Isaack Hooft
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,0513.638

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