Stella, Jacques ; Poussin, Nicolas ; Bouzonnet-Stella,... Lot n° 24

STELLA-BOUSSONET, Claudine [Passio Christi]. [After Jacques Stella]. Set of 12 engravings (chisels ?), numbered (error in the name Cluadia for Claudia on pl. 1 & 4). Upper margins pasted on blue paper. 1st state (without captions, with engr. mention "N. Poussin inv. et pinx." and "Claudia Stella sc.", with engr. privilege on pl. 2). Complete set engraved by Claudine Stella (Lyon 1636-1697 Paris), famous engraver whose prints were made after works by Nicolas Poussin or his uncle Jacques Stella. Despite the engr. mentions, the 10 first plates of this Passion were executed after Jacques Stella's drawings by Claudine and the 2 last by Michel de Masso, Claudine's cousin. Ref. Roger-Armand Weigert - Inventaire du fonds français: Graveurs du XVIIe siècle. P., BN, 1951, II:82:15-25.