Two Salt Cellars
Also titled Twee zoutvaten
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669) (Emden, 1584–1669)
1639
- Medium
- gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Classification
- salt (condiment vessel)
- Dimensions
- height 24 cm x diameter 12 cm x weight 802 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Friends Lottery, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its Themed Fund for Silver), and through the Rijksmuseum Fonds: Mr. H.B. van der Ven, the Ernst Nijkerk Fonds, the Ton en…
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
These salt cellars showcase the artistic influences Johannes Lutma absorbed while in Rome in 1630. Already in Roman antiquity, children were a favourite motif in sculpture, new variants of which sculptors developed in Lutma’s time. Lutma, too, created his own version, incorporating it into his salt cellars. The figure of the child follows the classical idiom, skilfully combined with fanciful auricular ornaments adorning the pedestal and bowl.
