Identification title(s): woman from turkey on horseback. Turquie (title on object). Geography card game (series title). Jeu de la geographie (series title). Object type: playing card picture object number: rp-p-ob-34. 882. Catalog reference: de vesme (della bella) 570-3(4), jombert (della bella) 117. Description: playing card depicting a woman in traditional costume from turkey, on horseback. Text in bottom margin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: stefano della bella, publisher: henry le gras, grantor of privilege: unknown. Place of manufacture: paris. Dating: 1620 - 1664. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: sheet: h 89 mm × w 55 mm explanation this print is part of a card game with 52 cards with representations of women from countries all over the world. The series was conceived by jean desmarests de saint-sorlin on behalf of cardinal mazarin. The card game was created for the young louis xiv, together with the jeu des fables, jeu des reynes renommées and jeu des rois de france. Subject: what: asiatic races and peoples (+ costume), horseriding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. Where: turkey. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1620 and 1664.
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