Johannes Lutma the elder (Emden

Emden

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, ca. 1584 - Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, January 1669) was a well-known Dutch

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 Silversmith

Silversmith

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. After spending time in Paris

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 (ca. 1615), he came to Amsterdam in 1621 where he married in 1623. He was a friend of Rembrandt, who later etched a portrait of him. The portrait shown here was painted by Jacob Adriaensz Backer

Jacob Adriaensz Backer

Jacob Adriaensz Backer was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years. In his style he was influenced by Wybrand de Geest, Rubens and Abraham Bloemaert. Also his drawings are highly interesting and skillful...

. Lutma is best known for his choir-panel in the New Church

Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)

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 of Amsterdam. A number of the designs of Lutma were later published in 4 series of prints, mainly by his sons Jacob and Johannes.

The Rijksmuseum

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 of Amsterdam has several works of Johannes Lutma in its collection: two silver saltcontainers, partially gilded, a silver drinking-bowl and a silver pitcher and bowl with sea-motives.

In the Amsterdam neighbourhood De Pijp

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, as well as Schoonhoven

Schoonhoven

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, there are streets named after him.