Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance

Designed by Jacques Stella French
 Engraved and published by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella French

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Claudine Bouzonnet Stella succeeded her late uncle, Jacques Stella, as the head of her family’s print workshop at the Louvre royal palace in 1657. That year, she engraved and published Stella’s designs for fifty scenes of putti playing games, including the one seen here. This book circulated throughout Europe, eventually serving as a visual source for the eighteenth-century decorative arts. The Met’s tea service produced by the Doccia porcelain manufactory (46.103a, b) features a game of piggyback taken from one of Bouzonnet Stella’s engravings, titled Le cheval fondu.

Yasemin Altun, June 2024

Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)

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Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)
Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance, Designed by Jacques Stella (French, Lyons 1596–1657 Paris)

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