Matteo Stom

(Venezia, 1644 - 1702)

Attributed to

Expertise of Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri & nbsp;

"Battle between Christian and Turkish militias, among which only a few fighters emerge in the foreground on the right, with a Saracen knight from behind with the raised scimitar ready to strike, on which an opponent with helmet and armor unloads his pistol at point blank range, and only a few other fighters, including some on foot, sufficiently defined, leaving only hinted at with quick strokes the others intertwined in the background. The battle takes place under a sky dense with black clouds and crossed by glimpses of light, which illuminate the scene with unreal glows, allowing the painter to make the figures on the second floors almost monochrome (...) to (…) Matteo Stom. "