Portrait of Johannes Lutma
Also titled Portret van Johannes Lutma
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Harlingen, 1608–1651)
c. 1646
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outersize: depth 10 cm (support incl. SK-L-4988)
- 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
No other silversmith was as celebrated as Johannes Lutma. In this depiction he is portrayed as a virtuoso craftsman. He holds an Italian chasing hammer in his hand, referencing his technical expertise in the art of chasing. In the background is a jar with punches, tools used for applying relief to silver. In the foreground is a silver salt cellar, one of the highlights of Lutma’s oeuvre.
