STOM, Matthias
(b. ca. 1600, Amersfoort, d. after 1650, Sicily)

Esau and Jacob

1640s
Oil on canvas, 118 x 164 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Matthias Stom, a Netherlander who is documented in Italy from 1630, can be distinguished from Honthorst and other Dutch Caravaggisti by the pronounced leathery quality of his flesh tones and the metallic colours of his draperies.




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