Troffel
Also titled Trowel
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669) (Emden, 1584–1669)
1648
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- trowel
- Dimensions
- height 3.5 x length 27.8 cm x weight 249 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The laying of the first stone of the Town Hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam was an especially solemn occasion, which was performed by four sons and nephews of the mayors. The mayors had special objects made at their own cost. This trowel, commissioned by the most important mayor, Cornelis de Graeff, is the most splendid. Both the handle and the blade are ornamented with fashionable Auricular-style motifs, Johannes Lutma’s trademark.
