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JANUS LUTMA the younger
1624 – Amsterdam – 1685 |
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Selfportrait.
Bust. |
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| Punched or hammered plate, 1681. |
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With the text “Ne te quaesiverus extra”
And “Ianus Lutma Batavus Per
se Opere Mallei. 1681”
30.1 x 21.8 cm. |
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Good impression. The dark parties enhanced with sepia.
Lutma used a rare technique,
the hammer to punch the plate,
typical for a silver smith.
In the same technique he executed three other busts; his father, Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft
and Joost van den Vondel. |
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Provenance; Agostino Caironi, Milano. (Lugt 426)
Stamp recto and red inscription.
Wurzbach 3, F.M. 3346,
Hollstein 4. |
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