Plateau

Jacques Stella|Claudine Bouzonnet Stella

ca. 1725 · Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The scene of children playing is taken from an engraving entitled "Le Batonet et la Charrue" by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (1636–1697), after a design by Jacques Stella (1596–1657). The engraving was one of fifty-two devoted to the games and pastimes of childhood ("Jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance") published in Paris in 1657.

Artist

Jacques Stella|Claudine Bouzonnet Stella

Date

ca. 1725

Medium

Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)

Culture

French, Rouen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917