Fabled Queens in Art

Illustrations of legendary queens and mythical figures, depicted in historical etchings, highlighting their stories from ancient narratives in a classic style.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Tartarie, Woman from Tatarstan, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional dress from Tartary. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 2., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Medea. Fiftieth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 640; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Mexico, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (8.9 × 5.5 cm). Patron: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bliżej Kultury Voysard, Etienne Claude (1746 Ca 1812), Borel, Antoine (1743 Post 1810), Blanchon, Jean Andre

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Cleopatra. Thirty-fourth number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 630; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Mexico. Twelfth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 584; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Tartarie, Woman from Tatarstan, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional dress from Tartary. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 2., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Quaranth number of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 534; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France. Clovis le Grand. Sixth number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 676; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Hendrik III, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of the French king Henry III. Text under the show. Paris paper etching Ruler, Sovereign

France, French crown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological scenes, Deucalion et Pyrrha, Eight of clubs, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Playing card with a representation of Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones that turn into people. A temple in the background. Text and clover in the lower margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Mercury. Eleventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 531; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Daedalus and Icarus. Twenty-ninth issue of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 510; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

The laundress. / 77 (registered title) | Almanach useful and pleasant from the lottery of the Royal Military School. (title of all)

France, Charlot, Anthoine, Nancy, Callot, Jacques, Life of Mary in emblems, Protegit, haud foecundat ulmus, Vine near a tree, verso left center - stamped, Presentation of a vine that winds around a tree. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Life of Mary in emblems'. The first state of this series contains, besides a title page and 26 emblems, also three sheets with hymns to Mary in letterpress without an image., print, emblem, prints, height 61 mm, width 83 mm, height 150 mm, width 117 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1625 - 1629, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, letterpress, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Penthésilée. Forty-second number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 637; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Anna -Maria van Austria, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Anna-Maria from Austria. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 10. Paris paper etching ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler

Woman from Nigeria, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman in fantasized gestation from Nigeria. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 5. Paris paper etching Africans (+ costume) Nigeria

Arabie Troglodytique. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: Jeu de la Géographie. Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Alceste. Thirty-sixth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 628; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Vrouw van Madeira; Madere; Kaartspel geografie; Jeu de la géographie.Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional gestation of Madeira. Text in undermarge. Numbered at the top left: 10.

Vrouw uit Mexico; Mexique; Kaartspel geografie; Jeu de la géographie.Playing card with a representation of a woman in exotic pregnancy from Mexico, on horseback. Text in undermarge.

Bliżej Kultury Voysard, Etienne Claude (1746 Ca 1812), Elluin, François Rolland (1745 Ca 1810), Blanchon, Jean Andre

France, French crown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological scenes, Jason, One of diamonds, Playing card with a scene of Jason throwing poison into the eyes of the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece. Text and diamond in the bottom margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Persée et Andromede. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Drawing (Italy)

Nigritane 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Nigritane 382655 Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella, Italian, Florence 16101664 Florence, Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, French, 15951676, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France, French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16381715 Versailles, Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Italian, Piscina 16021661 Vincennes, Nigritane, 1644, Etching, state iii. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959 (59.654.19(12))

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Arabia. Seventeenth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 578; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Woman warms up a stove in a winter landscape. A woman stands next to an old man and warms her hands on a stew in a winter landscape. In the background skaters and sledges with horses on the ice at a ruin. The woman, as a widow as the fourth stage of a women's life, is compared here with the winter season.

Woman from Great Britain; Grande Brittany; Card game Geography; Jeu de la Géographie.playing Card With a Representation of a Standing Woman with Coat of Arms from Great Britain. Text in undermarge. Numbered Top Left: 8.

Madere. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: Jeu de la Géographie. Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Nigritana. Twenty-third number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 564; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Woman from Great Britain, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman with coat of arms from Great Britain. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 8. Paris paper etching Europeans Great Britain

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France, Charles V Le Sage. Twenty-eighth issue of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 682; Dutuit 119) (Main title), 1644. Eau-tie. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Jupiter et Calisto. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Le Rossignol Posé sur un Buisson (A Nightengale Standing on a Bush), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 14 1621-35 Jacques Callot French. Le Rossignol Posé sur un Buisson (A Nightengale Standing on a Bush), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 14. Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1621-35. Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure). François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588-1647 Paris). Prints

Esther; Ester; Card game with renowned rulers; Jeu des Reynes Renommées.Playing Card with a Representation of Queen Esther. Text in undermarge. Numbered Top Left: 1.

Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Chile, Woman from Chile, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in exotic dress from Chile. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 4., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Olympias, Playing card with a representation of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and wife of King Philip II of Macedon. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 1., print, prent, playing card, speeltkaart, prints, prenten, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Louis 6.-e dit le gros / Sage, vaillant..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France) 1644 Stefano della Bella Italian. Louis 6.-e dit le gros / Sage, vaillant..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France) 412334

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Nigritane, Woman from Nigeria, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional dress from Nigeria. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 5., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Arabie. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Dansons La Carmagnole. (Ti)

unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Octavie, Claudia Octavia, Playing card depicting Claudia Octavia, a daughter of the Roman emperor Claudius and the wife of the Roman emperor Nero, sitting in a chair. Text in bottom margin., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Cul-de-lampe, Chapter 6, 1728. Issued in 1728 in London, France, related to the History of the Wars of the Huguenots (1562-1598) and Henry IV, King of France (1553-1610). Includes engravings

Woman from Mexico, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a woman in fantasized Mexican gestation, on horseback. Text in STUDMARGE. Paris paper etching Native peoples of Central America (+ costume). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. horse Mexico

Woman from Congo, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman in fantasized gestation from Congo. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 3. Paris paper etching Africans (+ costume) Congo

Leo tells Numa his life story, Henri-Joseph Godin, 1790 print Leo and Numa in a forest. Leo tells his friend Numa his life story. With a French caption. print maker: Luikpublisher: Brussels paper engraving / letterpress printing male literary characters (with NAME). male literary characters (with NAME). deciduous forest

Mauritanie. Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: Jeu de la Géographie. Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Karel VII, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by the French king Charles VII. Text under the show. Paris paper etching Ruler, Sovereign

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Cartes des rois de France, Card game with rulers of France, Pepin le bref, Pepin the Short, Playing card with a representation of the Frankish king Pepin the Short. Text below the representation., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 54 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Thesée et Ariadne. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Cartes des rois de France, Card game with rulers of France, Louis 14th, Louis XIV, Playing card with a representation of the French king Louis XIV. Text below the representation., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 54 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Persée and Andromède. Forty-septime number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 537; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Vrouw uit Griekenland; Grece; Kaartspel geografie; Jeu de la géographie.Playing card with a presentation of a sitting Greek woman, leaning against a building with a half moon on the door. Next to her are a shield, music and scientific instruments and a laurel wreath. A ship at sea in the background. Text in undermarge. Numbered top left: 3.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards from the Kings of France, Pépin le Bref. Thirteenth number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 679; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Alceste, Alcestis, Playing card with a representation of Alcestis, the wife of Admetus, with a dagger aimed at her own breast. Text in bottom margin., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, uitgever van privilege

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Arabia Troglodytique, Woman from Arabia, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional dress from Arabia. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 9., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Congo 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Congo 382656 Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella, Italian, Florence 16101664 Florence, Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, French, 15951676, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France, French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16381715 Versailles, Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Italian, Piscina 16021661 Vincennes, Congo, 1644, Etching, state iii. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959 (59.654.19(13))

Woman from Sicily, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman with coat of arms from Sicily. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 1. Paris paper etching Europeans Sicily. Italy

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Saba Queen. Twelfth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 600; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Plotine. Fifty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 639; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (N.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards from the Kings of France, Dagobert I. Neuventh number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 661; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Eau-tie. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Childerik I, Philip VI and Louis XI; Childeric / Philippe de Valois / Louis XI; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des rois de france.playing Card with Performances of the Kings Childerik I, Philip Vi and Louis Xi. Text Among The Performances.

Prautugolle of a Damoeaux otherwise (registered title)

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Marie Stuard, Maria I Stuart, Playing card depicting Mary I Stuart, Queen of Scotland, sitting in a chair. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 2., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Amphion. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Meroüée / Prudent et vaillant..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (8.8 x 5.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. March. Tenth number of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 492; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Alkestis; Alceste; Kaartspel met gerenommeerde heerseressen; Jeu des reynes renommées.Playing card with a representation of Alkestis, the wife of Admetos, with a dagger on her own breast. Text in undermarge.

Pluto; Kicking king; Pluton; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des fables.playing Card with a Presentation of Pluto Sitting on a throne. Text and kicking in the undermarge.

France, French crown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological representations, Saturn, King of diamonds, Saturnus, Playing card with a representation of Saturn with a scythe and a child on his lap. Text and diamond in the lower margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

The Chartreux; Collection of the diversity of clothes .... Richard Breton, 1562 of 1564 ..

Quivira, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (8.9 × 5.5 cm). Patron: Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman plays a Viola da Gamba, Jan van Halbeeck (Possible copy after), 1610 - c. 1680 print An elegant dressed woman in a sleeping room plays a Viola da Gamba. There is a four -poster bed against the back wall. Next to her on a square table is an open music booklet. Under the show a sonnet with erotic connotation in French. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing viola, violoncello; double bass. one person playing an instrument. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)

Woman from Yucatán, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman in fantasized Yucatan (Mexico) gestation. It is probably an imagination of a Mayan woman. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 7. Paris paper etching Native peoples of Central America (+ costume) Yucatan

France, French crown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables, Card game with mythological representations, Venus, Queen of diamonds, Playing card with a representation of Venus and Amor. Text and diamond in the lower margin., print, playing card, prints, height 88 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Michaël beats De Draak, Arnoud Schaepkens, After Maarten van Rode, 1831 - 1904 print To the statue of Maarten van Rode from 1455 on the striker of the town hall of Brussels. paper etching the Archangel Michael fighting the dragon (devil, Satan) Brussels

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. SEMIRAMIS. Second issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 597; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Eau-tie. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). 'Teatrise on Painting'. Edition printed in Naples by Francesco Ricciardo and Vincenzo and Nicola Rispoli (1733). Study on strength and movement of the human body. Renaissance art. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Libya, Woman from Libya, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in traditional Libyan dress. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 4., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

French II, Louis II and Charles de Kale; François 2nd / Charles Le Chauve / Louis Le Begue Emperur; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de France. Playing card with performances of French kings French II and Louis II and from the Roman emperor Charles de Kale. Text among the performances.

Li et Sic Parantur Opes. Li et Sic Parantur Opes. First shock. Part of 'Sinnepoppen', R. Visscher, 1614.

Young man climbs a rock; Nil Volennibus Arduum; Title page for: T. Arents, the Thonente Huuwelyk. Blyspél, 1710. A young man climbs a rock to get the growing bay branch.

Allegorical emblem with the pelican pecking her breast to feed her young with her own blood along with the copper snake around the cross. Print No. 12 from the series of 16 representations of The Miracle of Amsterdam, after the events of March 15, 1345. Below the image two six-line verses in Latin and Dutch, Pelican and Copper Snake, 12 The Amsterdam Miracle, 1345 (series title) Amstelredams honour and rise through the thought-provoking miracles aldaer geschied aen en door het H. Sacrament des Altaers Anno 1345 (series title on object), print maker: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, publisher: Hendrik Aertssens (II), Southern Netherlands, 1639, paper, engraving, h 131 mm × w 87 mm

Clotaire 2.-e / Juste, moderé..., from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (8.8 x 5.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

9 September / Exile of Parlemt (IT)

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Julie. Forty-eighth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 642; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Winged skeleton with hourglass on a tombstone; Animal skeletons. Death in the form of a winged skeleton with an hourglass in hand, sitting on a tombstone with a text in Latin. Print from a series of representations of skeletons by the Printmakers Hendrick Hondius I (Newholst.243-258), Andries Jacobsz. Stock (Hollst.4-10) and Simon Frisius.

Emblem with allegory on sin, François van Bleyswijck, 1737 print Emblem with allegory on sin depicted by naked woman who is on dining of the law, she is attacked by a snake -like creature, probably Satan. In the landscape, a horse breaks loose from the rig of a cart and travels his freedom. Leiden paper etching Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa). Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept)

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Nicaragua, Woman from Nicaraqua, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in exotic dress from Nicaragua. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 6., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Roxelane, Roxelana, Playing card depicting Roxelana, the wife of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, sitting cross-legged on a carpet. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 8., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. China. Thirteenth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 573; Dutuit 117) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Mercury; Mercure; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des Fables (copy). Playing card with a representation of Mercury in a landscape.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Medea. Fiftieth number of a series of 52 pieces (A. de Vesme 640; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Roxelane. Eleventh number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 601; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

America, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence); Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595-1676). Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-1715 Versailles). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (8.9 × 5.6 cm). Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602-1661 Vincennes). Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras (French). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Plotine. Fifty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 639; Dutuit 118) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Daphne turns into a laurel tree, Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, After Virgilius Solis, 1659 print Daphne is turned into a laurel tree by her father Peneus. Apollo, who has chased her, extends his arm to her in vain. At the top left, Cupido is bow. Under the performance a four -line explanation in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)

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