Saint Peter denies knowledge of Christ; Roman soldiers lead Christ away; a cock crows. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

  • Stella, Jacques, 1596-1657.
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[1700?]
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2475157i
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Saint Peter denies knowledge of Christ; Roman soldiers lead Christ away; a cock crows. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. N.T. Matthew 26.69-75; Mark 14.66-72; Luke 22.54-62; John 18.17-27. Described in the will of Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella as "La septiesme [planche], le reniement de St Pierre" (Blunt, op. cit. p. 746)

Publication/Creation

[Lyons?] : [Michel de Masso?], [1700?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 45.6 x 34.5 cm

Lettering

N. Poussin pinx. Cluadia [sic] Stella sculp. Bears number: 7

Notes

One plate (no. 7) in a series of thirteen plates of the Passion of Christ by Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (nos. 1-10) and (after her death in 1697) by her cousin Michel de Masso or by an engraver working for him (nos. 11-13)

References note

R.A. Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome II, Paris 1951, p. 82 (as published by Michel de Masso of Lyon)
Anthony Blunt, 'Jacques Stella, the De Masso family and falsifications of Poussin', The Burlington Magazine, CXVI (December 1974): 744-749

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Wellcome Collection 2475157i

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The lettering includes an attribution of the composition to Poussin

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