• Was a French painter.
• Stella was influenced in Rome by classicism and by the art of Nicolas Poussin.
• Stella was an intimate friend with Poussin.
• He was a major art collector throughout his life, building a collection of paintings by Poussin, Raphael and drawings by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
• He died in Paris.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Jacques Stella, Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650.
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Jacques Stella, Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650
Original, LACMA, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.
Jacques Stella, Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650
Jacques Stella, Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone, early 17th century
Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.
Jacques Stella, Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone, early 17th century
Jacques Stella, The Judgement of Paris, 1650
Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.
Jacques Stella, The Judgement of Paris, 1650
Jacques Stella, Minerva coming to find the Muses on Mount Helicon, about 1640-1650
Jacques Stella, Minerva coming to find the Muses on Mount Helicon, about 1640-1650
Jacques Stella, Resurrected Jesus Christ appearing to His mother, around 1640
Jacques Stella, Resurrected Jesus Christ appearing to His mother, around 1640
Jacques Stella, Clélie passing the Tiber, around 1635-1645
Jacques Stella, Clélie passing the Tiber, around 1635-1645
Jacques Stella, Clélie passing the Tiber, around 1635-1645
Jacques Stella, Clélie passing the Tiber, around 1635-1645
Jacques Stella, Christ on the Cross and Saint Magdalene, around 1625
Jacques Stella, Christ on the Cross and Saint Magdalene, around 1625
Jacques Stella, The Liberality of Titus, c. 1637-38
Jacques Stella, The Liberality of Titus, c. 1637-38
Jacques Stella, The Liberality of Titus, c. 1637-38
