About this artwork
Among his most moving portraits in any medium, Rembrandt’s depiction of friend and peer Jan Lutma suggests the intimacy of the two artists’s relationship through Lutma’s unassuming posture. Rembrandt showed him in a moment of contemplation, holding a sculptured figure in his right hand and presumably reflecting on the value of his work.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
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Title
- Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
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Place
- Holland (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1656
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Medium
- Etching and drypoint in black on buff laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image/plate: 19.7 × 14.9 cm (7 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 15.3 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1924.626
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/13119/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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