Christ mocked by Roman soldiers. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

  • Stella, Jacques, 1596-1657.
Date:
[1700?]
Reference:
2475159i
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Christ mocked by Roman soldiers. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Bible, N.T., Matthew 26.66-67; Mark 14.64-65; Luke 22.63-65. Christ's hands are tied and a blindfold is thrown over his head. A man exposes his bottom to Christ in mockery. Soldiers play dice. Described in the will of Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella as "La neviesme [planche], Jésus mocqué par les soldats dans leur cor de carde" (Blunt, op. cit. p. 746)

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 45.2 x 34 cm

Lettering

N. Poussin in. et pinx. Claudia Stella sculp. Bears number: 9

Notes

One plate (no. 9) 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

Anthony Blunt, 'Jacques Stella, the De Masso family and falsifications of Poussin', The Burlington Magazine, CXVI (December 1974): 744-749

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2475159i

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The lettering includes an attribution of the composition to Poussin

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