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 wearing a turban, blowing on a ember. The composition is in the chiaroscuro style and doesn't provide any evidence about the setting.^[1] The painting was recorded in the Ruffo collection in Messina, and 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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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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