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Drinking cup
Also titled Drinkschaal
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669) (Emden, 1584–1669)
1641
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- tazza
- Dimensions
- height 7.8 cm x width 20.3 cm x depth 15 cm x weight 280 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
- 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
The creature on the rim seems to want to drink from the dish – despite the fact that a monster lurks at the bottom. As the dish is drained, one finds oneself looking straight into the monster’s gaping maw. The playfulness and virtuoso execution of this piece reveal Lutma’s skills as a silversmith.
