Antoine Stella

Antoine Bouzonnet-Stella (25 November 1637 – 9 May 1682) was a French painter and printmaker, a pupil and nephew of Jacques Stella.

Life

He was born at Lyons on 25 November 1637, the son of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith, and his wife, painter Madeleine Stella. He studied art in Paris under his uncle, Jacques Stella who, having achieved considerable success as a painter, had decided to set up a workshop to produce prints after his own designs. To staff it, Stella brought in his sister's children, Antoine, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Claudine, Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella, Antoinette, and Francoise, all of whom moved from Lyon to live in his apartments in the Louvre.

In 1666 Bouzonnet-Stella was received as a member of the ''Académie de peinture et de sculpture'' for his picture of ''The Pythian Games''. He died in Paris on 9 May 1682. There are several known etchings by him, including ''Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro'', after Nicolas Poussin.

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17th-century French painters
French male painters
Engravers from Lyon
Painters from Lyon
17th-century French engravers
1637 births
1682 deaths

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