Auction on
12 February 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
14, rue du Rempart-Saint-Étienne - 31000 Toulouse
The elegance and delicacy of neoclassical painter Jacques Stella's art united in a painted slate some 30 cm/11.8 in high: a tour de force!
Jacques Stella (1596-1657), The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist, slate, 31.4 x 23.7 cm (12.4 x 9.3 in). Estimate: €40,000/60,000
Jacques Stella (1596-1657), The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist, slate, 31.4 x 23.7 cm (12.4 x 9.3 in). Estimate: €40,000/60,000
Few slate paintings have survived to the present day because of their extreme fragility. This one could date from the beginning of the painter's career, during his period in Rome between 1622 and 1634. During the four previous years, which he spent in Florence, he discovered stone painting, which represents only a part…
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