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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edit- ^ 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