Matthias Stom

Christ at the Column
Now On View

Maker

Matthias Stom (Dutch, ca. 1600-after ca. 1650)

Title

Christ at the Column

Year

ca. 1635

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Netherlands

Dimensions

182.9 x 114.5 cm (72 x 45 1/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

56.177

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman
Tonight We Are Going Out And We Are All Getting Hammered
Nov 01, 2019 – May 01, 2021
European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Stom represents Jesus’s vulnerability and humanity at the moment he is tied to a column by a jailer. His head crowned with thorns and his body exposed, he casts his eyes upward. The pillar is based on a relic in the Roman Basilica of Santa Prassede that was believed to be the one on which he was flogged.

Stom was born in the Dutch city of Utrecht, but he spent most of his artistic life in Rome and Naples. The dramatic contrasts of light and dark he employs here, known as chiaroscuro, reflect the lingering stylistic influence of the Italian painter Caravaggio on Netherlandish artists in Italy.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
The Facts of Life
Dutch Paintings from the 17th Century
Jun 24, 1988 – Oct 23, 1988

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Matthias Stom (Dutch, ca. 1600-after ca. 1650)
Christ at the Column, ca. 1635
Oil on canvas
182.9 x 114.5 cm (72 x 45 1/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 56.177

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