Man Blowing on an Ember

Man Blowing on an Ember is an undated work by Dutch artist Matthias Stom, one of several he produced on Sicily. It represents a man, with a turban, blowing on a ember. The composition is totally in the chiaroscuro style and it doesn't give any evidence about his setting.^[1] The painting was recorded in the Ruffo collection in Messina, it is now held in the Palazzo Abatellis, in Palermo.^[2]

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^ Benedict Nicolson, 'Stomer Brought Up-to-Date', (The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 119, No. 889, April 1977, pp. 230-243 and 245
^ (in Italian) Alessandra Anselmi (ed.), Collezionismo e politica culturale nella Calabria vicereale borbonica e postunitaria (Gangiemi Editore, 2012), page 285 and figure 3

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[1] Benedict Nicolson, 'Stomer Brought Up-to-Date', (The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 119, No. 889, April 1977, pp. 230-243 and 245

[2] (in Italian) Alessandra Anselmi (ed.), Collezionismo e politica culturale nella Calabria vicereale borbonica e postunitaria (Gangiemi Editore, 2012), page 285 and figure 3

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v t e Matthias Stom
List of paintings
Paintings	Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist (c. 1630-1632) Isaac Blessing Jacob (c. 1635) Saint Jerome (c. 1635) King David (c. 1633-1639) Supper at Emmaus (c. 1620-1640) The Judgement of Solomon (Houston) (c. 1640) The Judgement of Solomon (Manchester, New Hampshire) (c. 1640) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (c. 1640-1649) Man Blowing on an Ember (uncertain) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (uncertain)
Painting series	Adoration of the Magi (c. 1633-1640) Adoration of the Shepherds
Related	Utrecht Caravaggism

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