Vrouw uit Sicilië Sicile (titel op object) Kaartspel geografie (serietitel) Jeu de la géographie (serietitel), RP-P-OB-34.918, Stefano della Bella, between 1620 and 1664

Identificationtitle(s): woman from sicilysicile (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. 918. Catalog reference: de vesme (della bella) 555-3(4), jombert (della bella) 117. Description: playing card depicting a standing woman with a coat of arms from sicily. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 1. 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: europeans. Where: sicilyitaly. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1620 and 1664.