Identification title(s): jack of spades. Bacchus (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. 742. Catalog reference: de vesme (della bella) 518-4(5), jombert (della bella) 116. Description: playing card depicting bacchus with a panther in a landscape. Text and spades 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: (story of) bacchus (dionysus), liberbeasts of prey, predatory animals: panther. Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: between 1620 and 1664.
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