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| Matthias Stom Adoration of the Magi ca. 1630-35 oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm |
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| Matthias Stom Judgment of Solomon ca. 1640 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire |
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| Matthias Stom King David ca. 1633-39 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseilles |
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| Matthias Stom Christ at the Column ca. 1635 oil on canvas Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence |
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| Matthias Stom Calling of Matthew ca. 1629 oil on canvas Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Palace of the Legion of Honor) |
"Few seventeenth-century documents comment on Matthias Stom's life or works. Those contemporary sources that do exist consistently give the artist's name as 'Stom' although he is also traditionally referred to as Matthias Stomer. A reference of 1630-32 records that Matteo Stom, Flemish painter, thirty years old, was living in the parish of San Nicola in Arcione in Rome. From this it can be deduced that Stom was a northern artist, born around 1600, who had established himself in Rome by 1630. His stylistic indebtedness to the art of both the Utrecht Caravaggists (Gerrit van Honthorst, Dirck van Baburen and Hendrick ter Brugghen) and various Antwerp artists suggests that he was born and trained in southern Holland. Later documents, such as the 1648 inventory of the collection of Don Antonio Ruffo, Duke of Messina, place Stom in Sicily, where he seems to have moved permanently sometime after 1632, following a stay of undetermined length in Naples. The hallmark of Stom's art is his personal interpretation of the Caravaggesque idiom. This stylistic vocabulary, learned initially from the Northern followers of Caravaggio and then experienced firsthand in Rome, was further enhanced by Stom's access to the later works of Caravaggio decorating churches in Naples and Sicily."
– adapted from curator's notes at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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| Matthias Stom Adoration of the Shepherds ca. 1633-39 oil on canvas Temple Newsam House, Leeds |
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| Matthias Stom Christ before Annas ca. 1630-50 oil on canvas Campion Hall, University of Oxford |
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| Matthias Stom Ecce Homo ca. 1630-45 oil on canvas Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Matthias Stom Supper at Emmaus ca. 1633-39 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Matthias Stom Christ crowned with Thorns ca. 1633-39 oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena |
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| Matthias Stom Incredulity of Thomas ca. 1641-49 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Matthias Stom Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist ca. 1630-32 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
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| Matthias Stom St John the Baptist ca. 1630-45 oil on canvas Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Matthias Stom Judgment of Solomon ca. 1638-42 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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| attributed to Matthias Stom Man with Glass of Wine, Pipe and Fiddle ca. 1630-50 oil on canvas National Trust, Kingston Lacy, Dorset |