Medea Medee (titel op object) Kaartspel met gerenommeerde heerseressen (serietitel) Jeu des reynes renommées (serietitel), RP-P-OB-34.931, Stefano della Bella, between 1620 and 1664

Identification title(s): medea. Medee (title on object). Card game with renowned rulers (series title). Jeu des reynes renommées (series title). Object type: playing card picture object number: rp-p-ob-34. 931. Catalog reference: de vesme (della bella) 640-3(4), jombert (della bella) 118. Description: playing card depicting medea killing her two children. 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: top: h 90 mm × w 55 mm explanation this print is part of a card game with 52 cards with representations of famous queens. 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 de la géographie and jeu des rois de france. Subject: what: ruler, sovereign - bb - female ruler. Medea. Medea kills her two children; she flees from corinth in a chariot drawn by winged dragons. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1620 and 1664.