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print
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playing-card
Object Type
print
playing-card
Museum number
1896,0501.681.1-28
Title
Series:
Jeu de la Géographie
Description
Incomplete pack with 28 of 52 playing-cards Etching Unmounted 1644
Producer name
Print made by:
Stefano della Bella
Published by:
Florent Le Comte
Published by:
Henri Le Gras
After:
Jean Desmarests
School/style
Italian
French
Production date
1644
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
88 millimetres
(approx. size of each card)
Width:
55 millimetres
(approx. size of each card)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Imperfect set of the same cards as 1896,0501.680, unmounted and in the third state, with letters and numbers added in lower left corners. For full details see curator's comment to 1871,0513.587 and individual entries for De Vesme/Massar numbers 543 to 594. The cards missing from this pack are the entire suit of hearts, the 2 and 6-king of diamonds, and the 2-3 of clubs.
Bibliographic references
De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella
(542.V-594.V)
Schreiber / Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
(French 116)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
Associated names
Associated with:
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
Associated with:
Cardinal Jules Mazarin
Associated with:
Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1896,0501.681.1-28