Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella
French artist (1641–1676)
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Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (died 1676), was a French engraver.
Life
She was born at Lyons in about 1641,[1] the daughter of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith, and his wife, artist Madeleine Stella (sister of the artist Jacques Stella).[2] Her siblings included Antoine and Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella.[1]
According to Joseph Strutt:
She made more use of the point than her sister [i.e. Claudine], and etched in a very powerful style. She harmonized the roughness, left by the aqua-fortis, with the graver, in such a manner as to produce a pleasing effect. She drew correctly, especially the extremities of the human figure, which she expressed with great taste.[3]
She died in Paris at the age of 35 in 1676, having suffered a fall.[1] A third sister, Françoise, was also an engraver.[4]
Works
Her works include:[4]
- Romulus and Remus suckled by a Wolf; after Antoine Bouzonnet Stella.
- The Entry of the Emperor Sigismund into Mantua; after a stucco frieze by Giulio Romano.
- Engravings by Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella depicting the Entry of Emperor Sigismund into Mantua
