New to Java

Hello i am creating a simple Card game. I have a bitmap file that has all the 52 cards on it.
the top line of cards are spades, the second is hearts and so on. My question is how can i use
this bitmap to be able to create and paint 52 seperate cards without using 52 bitmap files?
When i was programming in C++ I was able to move the Bitmap around in a Frame so to speak so that
only a certain part of that picture was painted, this was great for animated objects that use more than 1 frame
Please help me, that would be great! :D