Matthias Stom1589 Amersfoort (bei Utrecht) – 1649 Sizilien oder Norditalien
We have 3 artworks by Matthias Stom online. We have 1824 paintings online.
At Jacob's well in Samaria, Jesus asks a woman to give him water - but he will water those who believe in him with spiritual water (John, IV, 5-26). Unusual for Stom is the landscape background, which suggests an early period of origin.
In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
Also known as
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 156 x 121.5 cm
Inventory number
KS 48
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1984
o.D. – 1984, Betty und David M. Koetser (Sammler/-in)
ab 1980, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Leihgabe
ab 1984, Stiftung Betty und David Koetser (Sammlung), Zürich
About the provenance
State of research 01.01.2007
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 117.
- Benedict Nicolson: «Stomer Brought Up-to-Date», in: The Burlington Magazine (Vol. 119 No. 889), London: Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd, 1977, S. 230-245, No. 7, S. 241.
- Die Gemälde der Stiftung Betty und David M. Koetser, hrsg. von Christian Klemm/Malcolm R. Waddingham, Sammlungskatalog Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1988, No. 48.