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Cardinal Jules Mazarin commissioned these playing cards for the young French King Louis XIV to teach him geography. Etched by a renowned Italian printmaker living in Paris, each card includes an allegorical rendering of a place along with a short text describing its land and people.
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Title: Jeu de la Géographie
Series/Portfolio: Jeu de la Géographie
Etcher:
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Artist:
Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (French, 1595–1676)
Publisher:
Henri Le Gras (French)
Patron:
Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638–1715 Versailles)
Patron:
Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Italian, Piscina 1602–1661 Vincennes)
Date: 1644
Medium: Etching, state iii
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Accession Number: 59.654.19(1-42)
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