• Was a French painter.
• Stella was influenced in Rome by classicism and more specifically by the art of Nicolas Poussin.
• Stella was an intimate friend with Poussin.
• He was a major art collector throughout his life, building a collection of paintings by Poussin, Raphael and drawings by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
• He died in Paris.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650.
Jacques Stella, Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650
Original, LACMA, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.
Jacques Stella, Jacob's Ladder, c. 1650
Jacques Stella, Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone, early 17th century
Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.
Jacques Stella, Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone, early 17th century
Jacques Stella, The Judgement of Paris, 1650
Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.
Jacques Stella, The Judgement of Paris, 1650
