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 on Dogma of Immaculate Conception (1865), St. Mary's, Aix-la-Chapelle; Coronation of the Virgin, Choir of Angels, Saints, etc. (1876), Münster Cathedral; about fifty coloured and other cartoons (1833-79); two (1846, 1868), National Gallery, Berlin.—Art Journal (1865), 204; Jordan (1885), ii. 223; Graph. K., iv. 77; Kunst-Chronik, xix. 557; xxii. 137; Wurzbach, xxxviii. 108; Zeitschr. f. b. K., v. 24, 54; Allgem. K. Chr., viii. 501; Schack, Meine Gemäldesammlung (1884), 86.

STELLA, FRANÇOIS, born at Lyons in 1603, died in Paris, July 26, 1647. French school; history painter, younger brother and pupil of Jacques Stella, whom he followed to Italy, returning with him to Paris in 1634. He was not the equal of Jacques, but was painter in ordinary to the king and executed works for the oratory of the queen at Saint-Germain. The Orléans Museum possesses a Holy Family, and St. John presenting a Cross to Infant Jesus, by him.—Mariette, Abecedario, v. 257; Bellier, ii. 524; Jal, 1149.

STELLA, JACQUES, born at Lyons in 1595, died in Paris, April 29, 1657. French school; history painter, son of François Stella (1563-1605), a Flemish artist, who left a number of able works in the churches and convents of Lyons; went to Florence in 1616, was employed by Cosmo II. de' Medici, and in 1623 to Rome, where he studied Raphael and the old masters, and was especially attracted by Poussin, whom he imitated. Returned to Paris in 1634, obtained a pension through Richelieu, became first painter to the king, and chevalier of St. Michael (1644), and trained a number of able artists. Works: Christ receiving the Virgin in Heaven, Minerva visiting the Muses, Louvre; Holy Family, Angers Museum; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, Rachel and the Messenger of Jacob, Grenoble Museum; Madonna (2), Cavalry Charge, Havre Museum; Adoration of Magi, Pastoral, Portrait of Artist, Lyons Museum; Samaritan Woman, Montpellier Museum; Assumption, Peasants' Dance, Nantes Museum; Bacchanal (2), Marriage of Virgin, Christ giving the Communion to St. Peter, Holy Family, Rouen Museum; Holy Family, Nîmes Museum; Sunset, Montauban Museum; Diana and Nymphs, Infant Christ adored by Angels, Oldenburg Gallery; Annunciation, Holy Family, Venus and Adonis, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Judgment of Solomon, Vienna Museum.—Mariette, Abecedario, v. 256; Éméric David, Notices historiques . . . peinture moderne (Paris, 1854); Bellier, ii. 524; Ch. Blanc, École française; Jal, 1149.

STEPHAN, MEISTER. See Meister Stephan.

STEPHEN, ST., MARTYRDOM OF, Charles Lebrun, Louvre; canvas, H. 13 ft. 1 in. × 10 ft. 2 in.; signed, dated 1651. St. Stephen, stoned to death by the Jews (Acts vii.). He is lying on his back in the foreground, with hands outstretched and eyes upraised, while the rabble are stoning him; in background, left, the walls and gate of the city; at right, spectators; above, God the Father, Christ, and angels with the crown and palm of martyrdom. Painted for the guild of jewellers and placed in Notre-Dame. Engraved by G. Edelinck; E. Picart; Gerard Audran; Brissart; Duflos; Bazin; Gantrel; Tardieu.—Réveil, ii. 76.

By Tintoretto, S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; canvas. The saint, in a prelate's dress, kneeling in foreground, the stones flying thickly about him and covering the ground; in the middle of the picture, several men throwing stones, and behind them a confused crowd; Paul seated on ground in front of them;