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Matthias Stom: The Adoration of the Magi  wikidata:Q18573949 reasonator:Q18573949
Artist
Matthias Stom  (fl. 1615–1649)  wikidata:Q949627
 
Matthias Stom
Alternative names
Matheo Schem, Matthias Stohom, Matteo Stom, Matteo Stoma, Mattheus Stomer, Matthias Stomer, Mattia Stomer, Matthias Stomma, Matteo Tomar, Matteo Fiamengo
Description Dutch-Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death between 1589 and 1590
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1589-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 Edit this at Wikidata		 after 1649
date QS:P,+1649-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1649-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death Southern Netherlands Sicily (?)
Work period from 1615 until 1649
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1615-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1649-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Rome (1615), Messina (1630), Rome (1630-1632), Naples (circa 1631-1640), Caccamo (Sicily) (1641-1649)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q949627
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Title
English: The Adoration of the Magi
Svenska: Konungarnas tillbedjan
Part of Adoration of the Magi Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: As recounted in the Gospel of Matthew, the three kings journeyed from the east following a star to seek out the king of the Jews at Bethlehem. Representing different ages, races, and continents – Europe, Africa, and Asia – their homage to Christ symbolises the submission of the temporal powers to the authority of the Church. Their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, were interpreted as symbols of the kingship of Jesus, his priestly ministry, and his incarnation as a man. The painting gives visual expression to the idea that the New Law was founded on the ruins of the Old: the space that accommodates the Holy Family and the retinue of the Magi is littered with the broken columns of an ancient temple. A surprisingly bright natural light illuminates the massive figures, modelled by sharp contrasts of light and shade. The magnificent spectacle of the Magi and their retinue, their brocade and silk garments rendered with exquisite attention to texture, is tempered by a desire for narrative clarity. By contrast with the realism of the male figures’ physiognomies, a more idealised mode was chosen for the portrayal of Jesus and Mary.
Svenska: I Matteusevangeliet berättas att de tre konungarna färdades österifrån och följde en stjärna som ledde dem till judarnas konung i Betlehem. De tre representerar olika åldrar, folkslag, och kontinenter – Europa, Afrika och Asien – och deras hyllning till Jesus symboliserar den världsliga makten underkastelse inför kyrkans auktoritet. Gåvorna i form av guld, rökelse och myrra, tolkades som symboler för Kristi kungavärdighet, prästämbete och människoblivande. Målningen åskådliggör tanken att det nya testamentet vilar på fundamentet av det gamla: på platsen där den heliga familjen tar emot de tre konungarna ligger de sönderbrutna pelarna från ett antikt tempel. Ett starkt dagsljus lyser upp de stadiga figurerna som modelleras fram genom knivskarpa kontraster mellan skuggor och dagrar. Det praktfulla skådespelet med konungarna, vars klädsel av sidenbrokad återges med en utsökt känsla för olika stoffer, kombineras med konstnärens strävan efter tydlighet i berättelsen. Realismen i gestaltningen av de manliga figurerna kontrasterar mot Jesusbarnets och Marias mer idealiserade former.
Depicted people Christ Child Edit this at Wikidata
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English: As recounted in the Gospel of Matthew, the three kings journeyed from the east following a star to seek out the king of the Jews at Bethlehem. Representing different ages, races, and continents – Europe, Africa, and Asia – their homage to Christ symbolises the submission of the temporal powers to the authority of the Church. Their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, were interpreted as symbols of the kingship of Jesus, his priestly ministry, and his incarnation as a man. The painting gives visual expression to the idea that the New Law was founded on the ruins of the Old: the space that accommodates the Holy Family and the retinue of the Magi is littered with the broken columns of an ancient temple. A surprisingly bright natural light illuminates the massive figures, modelled by sharp contrasts of light and shade. The magnificent spectacle of the Magi and their retinue, their brocade and silk garments rendered with exquisite attention to texture, is tempered by a desire for narrative clarity. By contrast with the realism of the male figures’ physiognomies, a more idealised mode was chosen for the portrayal of Jesus and Mary.
Svenska: I Matteusevangeliet berättas att de tre konungarna färdades österifrån och följde en stjärna som ledde dem till judarnas konung i Betlehem. De tre representerar olika åldrar, folkslag, och kontinenter – Europa, Afrika och Asien – och deras hyllning till Jesus symboliserar den världsliga makten underkastelse inför kyrkans auktoritet. Gåvorna i form av guld, rökelse och myrra, tolkades som symboler för Kristi kungavärdighet, prästämbete och människoblivande. Målningen åskådliggör tanken att det nya testamentet vilar på fundamentet av det gamla: på platsen där den heliga familjen tar emot de tre konungarna ligger de sönderbrutna pelarna från ett antikt tempel. Ett starkt dagsljus lyser upp de stadiga figurerna som modelleras fram genom knivskarpa kontraster mellan skuggor och dagrar. Det praktfulla skådespelet med konungarna, vars klädsel av sidenbrokad återges med en utsökt känsla för olika stoffer, kombineras med konstnärens strävan efter tydlighet i berättelsen. Realismen i gestaltningen av de manliga figurerna kontrasterar mot Jesusbarnets och Marias mer idealiserade former.
Date early 1630s
date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P4241,Q40719727
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 175 cm (68.8 in); width: 172 cm (67.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,175U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,172U174728
institution QS:P195,Q842858
Accession number
NM 1792
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Source/Photographer Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum
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