STOM, Antonio

Italian painter, part of a family of painters who between 1680 and 1700 worked in Venice, specializing in the production of battles scenes. The first generation, formed by brothers Matteo and Giovanni (“Zuanne”), was replaced by a second with Antonio (“Tonino”) who carried on the family business. The role played by Antonio Stom within the pictorial Venetian culture in the early decades of the eighteenth century was quite surprising. In fact, he was the author of numerous vedute “taken from life” or “capricci,” fancy architecture with Roman ruins and obelisks at the edge of sea bays, similar to the Carlevarijs models.

Research carried out in the twentieth century has led to the rediscovery of this artist as a painter of landscapes, views, battles, fantasy paintings and historical scenes. Several Venetian views previously attributed to other artists, such as Carlevarijs, were given to Antonio Stom. An important series of paintings in the Mocenigo Palace at San Stae, Venice, narrating historical events of the family, were also assigned to Antonio Stom.