Get a Stella Certificate of Authenticity for your painting (COA) for your Stella drawing.

For all your Stella artworks you need a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) in order to sell, to insure or to donate for a tax deduction.

Getting a Stella Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is easy. Just send us photos and dimensions and tell us what you know about the origin or history of your Stella painting or drawing.

If you want to sell your Stella painting or drawing use our selling services. We offer Stella selling help, selling advice, private treaty sales and full brokerage.

We have been authenticating Stella and issuing certificates of authenticity since 2002. We are recognized Stella experts and Stella certified appraisers. We issue COAs and appraisals for all Stella artworks.

Our Stella paintings and drawings authentications are accepted and respected worldwide.

Each COA is backed by in-depth research and analysis authentication reports.

The Stella certificates of authenticity we issue are based on solid, reliable and fully referenced art investigations, authentication research, analytical work and forensic studies.

We are available to examine your Stella painting or drawing anywhere in the world.

You will generally receive your certificates of authenticity and authentication report within two weeks. Some complicated cases with difficult to research Stella paintings or drawings take longer.

Our clients include Stella collectors, investors, tax authorities, insurance adjusters, appraisers, valuers, auctioneers, Federal agencies and many law firms.

We perform Jacques Stella art authentication, appraisal, certificates of authenticity (COA), analysis, research, scientific tests, full art authentications. We will help you sell your Jacques Stella or we will sell it for you.

Jacques Stella was a 17th century French Baroque painter. Stella received much of his initial training in Florence working alongside Jacques Callot for Cosimo de’ Medici II. In 1623, Stella moved to Rome and became influenced by and worked alongside Nicolas Poussin.

Stella returned to Paris in 1634, only to venture into the world again and travel to Venice, Milan and finally, Lyon. It was during this time that the Cardinal Richelieu introduced Stella to Louis XIII, and the artist was later appointed Painter to the King. As a result, Stella spent much of the rest of his life working for the royals and nobility at Versailles, Paris and Rouen.

Towards the end of his career, Stella was plagued with illness. Despite his illness, however, Stella was also a teacher to many, including a few of his nieces. His nieces would later go on to engrave many of his works after his death.

For many years, much of Stella’s work was mistaken for the work of his teacher and friend, Poussin. A more notable painter worldwide, experts and art authenticators were quick to attribute works of Stella to Poussin. Despite the fact that many of these mistakes have since been rectified, it is said that his oeuvre is nowhere near complete, and many of his works are likely to still be in existence and otherwise unauthenticated. It is thought that many of his works are untraced or damaged and only time will tell where they will surface.

Still wondering about a 17th century French painting in your family collection? Contact us…it could be by Jacques Stella.