Four Funeral Shields of the Amsterdam Guild of Corn Measurers
Also titled Vier begrafenisschilden van het Amsterdamse Korenmetersgilde
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669) (Emden, 1584–1669)
1633
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- gildeschild
- Dimensions
- height 32 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of D. Franken, Le Vésinet
- 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
At the funeral of a member of the guild of corn measurers, these shields were suspended from the coffin, draped in black. The powerful surrounds are reminiscent of bones, but they are also folded like skin. The large auricular ornament is meant to be effective when seen from a distance. These shields are Johannes Lutma’s earliest known works in silver.
