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Jacques de Stella BIOGRAPHY
1596 Lyon - 1657 Paris. Known for: Religious painting.
Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster,... Read full biography
Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster, onyx and lapis lazuli. He enjoyed the most exalted patronage, including Pope Urban VIII and other... Read full biography
Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster, onyx and lapis lazuli. He enjoyed the most exalted patronage, including Pope Urban VIII and other members of the Barberini family. When he returned to France in 1634, he became the official painter to Cardinal Richelieu and was later appointed peintre du roi.... Read full biography
Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster, onyx and lapis lazuli. He enjoyed the most exalted patronage, including Pope Urban VIII and other members of the Barberini family. When he returned to France in 1634, he became the official painter to Cardinal Richelieu and was later appointed peintre du roi.... Read full biography
Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster, onyx and lapis lazuli. He enjoyed the most exalted patronage, including Pope Urban VIII and other members of the Barberini family. When he returned to France in 1634, he became the official painter to Cardinal Richelieu and was later appointed peintre du roi.... Read full biography
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Jacques Stella, born and trained in Lyon, gained considerable renown in Rome during the 1620s as a painter of small devotional works on copper and various stones, including slate, marble alabaster, onyx and lapis lazuli.
He enjoyed the most exalted patronage, including Pope Urban VIII and other members of the Barberini family. When he returned to France in 1634, he became the official painter to Cardinal Richelieu and was later appointed peintre du roi. ...But wait, there's more...
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