Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
INV-1311
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-16691656
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669 →etchingdrypoint
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
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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