Identification title(s): actaeon. Ten of hearts. Acteon (title on object). Card game with mythological scenes (series title). Jeu des fables (series title). Object type: playing card picture object number: rp-p-ob-34. 722. Catalog reference: de vesme (della bella) 493-4(5), jombert (della bella) 116. Description: playing card depicting prince actaeon catching the goddess diana and her nymphs while bathing. As punishment, diana gives him deer antlers. Text and heart in the bottom margin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: stefano della bella, publisher: henry le gras, grantor of privilege: french crown. Place of manufacture: printmaker: france, publisher: paris, grantor of privilege: france. Dating: 1620 - 1664. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: sheet: h 88 mm (cut off inside the plate edge) × w 55 mm (cut off inside the plate edge) explanation this print is part of a card game with 52 cards with scenes from ovid's metamorphoses. 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 reynes renommées, jeu de la géographie and jeu des rois de france. Subject: what: diana bathing with her nymphs. Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, diana changes actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (ovid, metamorphoses iii 193). Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1620 and 1664.
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