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Ewer and Basin
Also titled Kan en schaal
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669) (Emden, 1584–1669)
1647
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- dish
- Dimensions
- height 51 cm x diameter 75 cm x height 6.5 cm x width 74.5 cm x weight 3900 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Lutma made this magnificent ensemble for Joan van Hellemont, a prominent citizen of Amsterdam. The kwab ornament is almost smothered by marine gods and other beings, yet still determines both the model and the structure of the objects. The scenes symbolize the riches of the sea and of agriculture. The shapes of the ewer and basin express the same abundance.
