Jacques Stella Lyon 1596 - 1657 Paris

E. and A. Silberman, New York;
Probably William Suida, New York, inv. no. 410 (according to a label on the reverse). 

New York, Wildenstein, French Painting of the Time of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, 1946, no. 47, as by Stella.

The support consists of two vertical flat panels which are joined along the centre. These are uncradled. The paint surface is generally secure if a little worn in places. There are scattered retouchings throughout, some of which have discoloured a little and these flouresce under UV light. Offered in a later wooden frame with some minor chips and paint losses.
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When offered for sale Paris, Tajan, 12 June 1995, lot 32, the attribution to Jacques Stella was endorsed by Gilles Chomère.