Antonio Stom (Venice 1688 – Venice 1734) – Architectural capriccio with view of Padua.

Antonio Stom (Venice 1688 – Venice 1734) – Architectural capriccio with view of Padua.

101,5 x 74,5 cm (without frame) – 116,5 x 90 cm (with frame).

Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.

Antonio Stom, a Venetian painter active in the first half of the eighteenth century, is among the leading exponents of architectural capriccio and animated landscape in the Veneto region. His training was influenced by the work of Luca Carlevarijs and, in some respects, anticipated the great era of Venetian veduta. The painting features a composition structured around classical ruins, Corinthian columns, arches, and fantastical architecture that blend with recognizable elements of the Paduan landscape: in the background, the outline of the Basilica of Santa Giustina clearly emerges, set against a panorama of towers, domes, and architectural backdrops sloping toward the horizon. On the left, a Corinthian column punctuates the space, introducing a chiaroscuro tension that contrasts with the luminosity of the open sky on the right, where an obelisk marks the boundary of the composition. In the foreground, a group of figures in colorful clothes liven up the scene with natural ease: a flute player sitting among the ruins and some wayfarers with walking sticks find a precise parallel in Canaletto's Paduan capricci, where similar figures populate views constructed on the intertwining of real architecture and fantastic invention.
The silvery palette, dominated by blues, cool greens and atmospheric whites, and the fluid management of the pictorial material, together with the stylistic comparisons with documented works by the artist, confidently attribute the canvas to Antonio Stom.

Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of the pictorial surface.

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