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Monday, 9 February 2026

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, “Christ Mocked by the Soldiers”, c. 1694

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (also known as Claudia Bouzonnet-Stella) (1636–1697)
“Christ Mocked by the Soldiers,” c. 1694 (1690–1697)

Technical Details & Condition:
Engraving with etching on heavy buff laid paper, with deckle edges on three sides, and wide margins as issued. This is plate 9 from the series of 13—or arguably 14—plates (see BM inv. U,7.37), “Life and Passion of Christ” (La Vie et la Passion du Christ, or Het leven en lijden van Christus), published in Paris with privilege from Louis XIV, after the intermediary design by Jacques Stella (1596–1657), and a painting of the same composition, previously attributed to Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665).

This is a richly inked, well-printed, and nearly faultless impression. Aside from minor marks along the edges, the sheet remains in excellent condition for its large size and age—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 59.5 x 43 cm
• Platemark: 45.5 x 34.3 cm
• Image borderline: 42.9 x 34 cm

Lettering on Plate (below the image border):
• Left: “N. Poussin in. et pinx.”
• Right: “Claudia Stella Sculp./ 9.”

References:
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_U-7-45
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200259036
• See the Curator of the British Museum’s comments about the series in which this print features: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_U-7-37
• Anthony Blunt, “Jacques Stella, the De Masso family and falsifications of Poussin,” Burlington Magazine, vol. CXVI, December 1974, pp. 744–749.
• LeBlanc 7 (Charles Le Blanc, 1856), “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations,” vol. 3, p. 589, cat. no. 7). Read online: https://archive.org/details/manueldelamateur03lebl/page/588/mode/2up
• Nagler 6 (G.K. Nagler, 1832–52), “Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon,” vol. 17, p. 308, cat. no. 6). Read online: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_jE1QmVcKYywC/page/307/mode/2up

Price & Shipping:
AU$314 (approximately US$222.35 / €186.55 / £162.39), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this exceptional and large engraving with etching—created by one of the few historically documented female printmakers from the late Renaissance, exemplifying the period style of Mannerism—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

This print has been sold