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

The Lutenist and the Flautist

1640s
Oil on canvas, 90 x 79 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Music-making was a popular subject in the seventeenth century. Stom's painting is an example of the style of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Formerly it was attributed to Gerrit van Honthorst whose influence can be seen in the painting.




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