Matthias Stom, (Amersfoort circa 1600-circa 1652 Sicily or Northern Italy)
The Adoration of the Magi
Oil on canvas
149 x 182.7cm (58 11/16 x 71 15/16in)
Private collection
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section
title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the
Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings,
especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him
gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and worship him. The Adoration of the Magi
Matthias Stom or Matthias Stomer (c. 1600 – after
1652) was a Dutch golden age painter considered one of the masters of
Utrecht Caravaggism. Stom spent most of his artistic life in Italy, and 200 of
his works have been preserved. It is conjectured that Stom was born at
Amersfoort or in the Utrecht area, but many details of his life are vague. An
early mention of Stom was around 1630, when he lived in the same location as
Paulus Bor had lived a few years earlier. He was a pupil of Gerard van
Honthorst in Rome after 1615.
He remained in Rome until 1632, after which he
traveled to Naples, where he stayed until 1640. He then moved to Palermo, and
delivered paintings for churches in Caccamo and Monreale. He sold three
paintings to Antonio Ruffo, duke of Messina. It is speculated that he died in
Sicily, or alternatively in Northern Italy, where in 1652 he painted an altar
piece for the church in Chiuduno. More on Matthias Stom
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