Jan Lutma, Goldsmith (1656): Artwork and History

Jan Lutma, Goldsmith (1656) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
• Date: 1656
• Artist attribution: Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669
• Place of origin: Holland
• 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.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1924.626

Collection credit

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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