# Esau and Jacob

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STOM, Matthias](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 118 x 164 cm

## Commentary

Matthias Stom, a Netherlander who is documented in Italy from 1630, can be distinguished from Honthorst and other Dutch Caravaggisti by the pronounced leathery quality of his flesh tones and the metallic colours of his draperies.

## Related artworks

- [Cavalier Lighting a Pipe from an Oil Lamp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/cavalier-lighting-a-pipe-from-an-oil-lamp-ra48444b041f86c>)
- [Old Woman Holding a Purse by Candlelight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/old-woman-holding-a-purse-by-candlelight-r69d731ce832168>)
- [Old Woman Praying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/old-woman-praying-rb1b71198e994ae>)
- [Old Woman with a Candle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/old-woman-with-a-candle-r5b245e92277946>)
- [Samson and Delilah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/samson-and-delilah-r704f28a78fb4ba>)
- [Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/sarah-leading-hagar-to-abraham-ra52f7e31cdd6a0>)
- [Saul and the Witch of Endor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/saul-and-the-witch-of-endor-r59f074fdf31452>)
- [St Ambrose](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/st-ambrose-r1b22509bd71b6a>)
- [St Gregory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/st-gregory-r9a1dd8aad5a32a>)
- [St Peter Praying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/st-peter-praying-rc2d1efbdf2b0d2>)
- [The Evangelists St Mark and St Luke](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/the-evangelists-st-mark-and-st-luke-rc381351f08b1ad>)
- [The Incredulity of St Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stom-matthias-r00f62dc2ed25b3/the-incredulity-of-st-thomas-rbe8b0f555fa6ab>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)