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Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

A work made of etching and drypoint in black on buff laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and drypoint in black on buff laid paper.

Date:

1656

Artist:

Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669

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.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Title

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1656

Medium

Etching and drypoint in black on buff laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1924.626

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