Artwork
Jan Lutma
Jan Lutma is an ink print by the Baroque artist Rembrandt van Rijn. It dates from 1656 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:recto: in plate, in image, at top center: Rembrandt / f. 1656; in plate, at right center: Joannes Lutma Aurifex / natus Groningae; verso: at lower right, in graphite: B 276 II / 3; at lower right, in brown ink: P Mariette 1670 (Lugt 1789); at bottom left, in graphite: B 188
About this work
Overview
Jan Lutma is a print by Rembrandt van Rijn, created in 1656 using etching, engraving, and drypoint techniques on laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts an elderly man with a long white beard and dark hat, seated in a chair with a walking stick and two lions on a windowsill behind him. The scene is illuminated by light entering through a curtained window.
Technique & Style
Rembrandt employed a range of lines to convey texture, capturing the folds in the subject's clothing and the lions' fur. This approach was characteristic of detailed portraiture in the 17th century.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
