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Plateau

Designer After a design by Jacques Stella French
After an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French
ca. 1725
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The scene of children playing is taken from an engraving entitled "Le Batonet et la Charrue" by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (1636–1697), after a design by Jacques Stella (1596–1657). The engraving was one of fifty-two devoted to the games and pastimes of childhood ("Jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance") published in Paris in 1657.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plateau
  • Designer: After a design by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
  • Artist: After an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (French, Lyons 1636–1697 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1725
  • Culture: French, Rouen
  • Medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.1860
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Jacques Stella French
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance
Jacques Stella
Claudine Bouzonnet Stella
1657
Vita de S. Filippo Neri
Multiple artists/makers
n.d.
Ceremony of the Presentation of the Tributes to Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany, Florence
Jacques Stella
1621
Divers Ornements D'Architecture, Recueillis et Dessegnes Apres L'Antique, Jacques Stella French, Engraving
Divers Ornements D'Architecture, Recueillis et Dessegnes Apres L'Antique
Multiple artists/makers
1658
Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone, Jacques Stella French, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk
Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone
Jacques Stella
ca.1640–50

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