Stella, Claudine Bousonnet (1636–1697)
Stella, Claudine Bousonnet (1636–1697)
French engraver. Name variations: Claudine Stella-Bouzzonet or Bouzinnet. Born 1636 at Lyons, France; died Oct 1, 1697, in Paris; niece of Jacques Stella (1596–1657, artist); sister of Françoise Bousonnet Stella and Antoinette Stella (both engravers) and Antoine Bousonnet Stella (painter).
Distinguished herself with her engravings of the works of her uncle Jacques Stella and those of Nicolas Poussin; was especially successful in rendering the spirit of the pictures of Poussin, and her plates were much esteemed.
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