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on Dogma of Immaculate Conception (1865), St. Mary's, Aix-la-Chapelle; Coronation of the Virgin, Choir of Angels, Saints, etc. (1876), Münster Cathedral; about fifty coloured and other cartoons (1833-79); two (1846, 1868), National Gallery, Berlin.—Art Journal (1865), 204; Jordan (1885), ii. 223; Graph. K., iv. 77; Kunst-Chronik, xix. 557; xxii. 137; Wurzbach, xxxviii. 108; Zeitschr. f. b. K., v. 24, 54; Allgem. K. Chr., viii. 501; Schack, Meine Gemäldesammlung (1884), 86.
STELLA, FRANÇOIS, born at Lyons in
1603, died in Paris, July 26, 1647. French
school; history painter, younger brother
and pupil of Jacques Stella, whom he followed
to Italy, returning with him to Paris
in 1634. He was not the equal of Jacques,
but was painter in ordinary to the king and
executed works for the oratory of the queen
at Saint-Germain. The Orléans Museum
possesses a Holy Family, and St. John presenting
a Cross to Infant Jesus, by him.—Mariette,
Abecedario, v. 257; Bellier, ii.
524; Jal, 1149.
STELLA, JACQUES, born at Lyons in
1595, died in Paris,
April 29, 1657.
French school; history
painter, son of
François Stella
(1563-1605), a
Flemish artist, who
left a number of
able works in the
churches and convents
of Lyons;
went to Florence in 1616, was employed by
Cosmo II. de' Medici, and in 1623 to Rome,
where he studied Raphael and the old masters,
and was especially attracted by Poussin,
whom he imitated. Returned to Paris
in 1634, obtained a pension through Richelieu,
became first painter to the king, and
chevalier of St. Michael (1644), and trained
a number of able artists. Works: Christ
receiving the Virgin in Heaven, Minerva visiting
the Muses, Louvre; Holy Family, Angers
Museum; Jesus and the Samaritan
Woman, Rachel and the Messenger of Jacob,
Grenoble Museum; Madonna (2), Cavalry
Charge, Havre Museum; Adoration of Magi,
Pastoral, Portrait of Artist, Lyons Museum;
Samaritan Woman, Montpellier Museum;
Assumption, Peasants' Dance, Nantes Museum;
Bacchanal (2), Marriage of Virgin,
Christ giving the Communion to St. Peter,
Holy Family, Rouen Museum; Holy Family,
Nîmes Museum; Sunset, Montauban
Museum; Diana and Nymphs, Infant Christ
adored by Angels, Oldenburg Gallery; Annunciation,
Holy Family,
Venus and Adonis, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg; Judgment
of Solomon, Vienna
Museum.—Mariette, Abecedario,
v. 256; Éméric
David, Notices historiques
. . . peinture moderne (Paris, 1854);
Bellier, ii. 524; Ch. Blanc, École française;
Jal, 1149.
STEPHAN, MEISTER. See Meister Stephan.
STEPHEN, ST., MARTYRDOM OF,
Charles Lebrun, Louvre; canvas, H. 13 ft.
1 in. × 10 ft. 2 in.; signed, dated 1651. St.
Stephen, stoned to death by the Jews (Acts
vii.). He is lying on his back in the foreground,
with hands outstretched and eyes
upraised, while the rabble are stoning him;
in background, left, the walls and gate of
the city; at right, spectators; above, God
the Father, Christ, and angels with the
crown and palm of martyrdom. Painted
for the guild of jewellers and placed in
Notre-Dame. Engraved by G. Edelinck;
E. Picart; Gerard Audran; Brissart; Duflos;
Bazin; Gantrel; Tardieu.—Réveil, ii.
76.
By Tintoretto, S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; canvas. The saint, in a prelate's dress, kneeling in foreground, the stones flying thickly about him and covering the ground; in the middle of the picture, several men throwing stones, and behind them a confused crowd; Paul seated on ground in front of them;