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Mexique: P.4098-R-21

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mexique
Jeu de la Géographie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1934-01) by Ledger, Walter

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1644

Note

Part of set of 52 playing cards, commissioned as an educational tool for the young Louis XIV of France. Lettered with title and six lines of description in French. Trimmed to borderline.

School or Style

Italian
French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4098-R-21
Primary reference Number: 179519
Vesme: 584
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 February 2012 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mexique" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/179519 Accessed: 2024-05-07 18:17:53

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