Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella was a French engraver.

Life

She was born at Lyons in about 1641, the daughter of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith, and his wife, Madeleine Stella (sister of the artist Jacques Stella). Her siblings included Antoine and Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella.

Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella

According to Joseph Strutt: She made more use of the point than her sister [i.e. Claudine], and etched in a very powerful style. She harmonized the roughness, left by the aqua-fortis, with the graver, in such a manner as to produce a pleasing effect. She drew correctly, especially the extremities of the human figure, which she expressed with great taste.

Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella

She died in Paris at the age of 35 in 1676, having suffered a fall. A third sister, Françoise, was also an engraver.

Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella

Works

Her works include: Romulus and Remus suckled by a Wolf; after Antoine Bouzonnet Stella. The Entry of the Emperor Sigismund into Mantua; after a stucco frieze by Giulio Romano.

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French women printmakers

17th-century French engravers

1630s births

1676 deaths

Engravers from Lyon

17th-century French women artists

Women engravers

Accidental deaths from falls

Accidental deaths in France