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Le frappe-main (from the Pastorales)

Maker

After
(artist)
1596-1657

(etcher)
1636-1697

(publisher)
1841-1905

Title

Date of Production

1667

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 29.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6885

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Claudine Stella was the niece of the artist Jacques Stella. When he died, Claudine became head of his printmaking workshop and was granted the exclusive right to publish his work in print. Her position as a woman in charge of a major workshop in this period was highly unusual. Here she has used a combination of etching and engraving to reproduce a design by her uncle. It depicts a group of peasants playing a game in which the kneeling man must guess who hits his hand.

Notes

Plate 4 from a set of 16 Pastorales.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Literature

Claudine Bouzonnet, Jacques Stella and the Pastorales
article about series
Fig. p. p. 393

Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes...
Fig. p. no. 20 (Claudine Stella-Bouzonnet)

Inscriptions

Inscription: J Stella p. //

Inscription: a Paris chez G. Montbard rue St. Jacques a la ville d'Anvers //

Inscription: 4 //

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