Janus, or Johannes Lutma the elder (

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, ca. 1584 –

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, January 1669) was a well-known

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Biography

Janus Lutma, the elder - Standing Cup with Cover - Walters 571043

Detail choir gate Johannes Lutma in Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam

He was a pupil of

Paulus van Vianen Paul van Vianen or Paulus Willemsz van Vianen (1570–1614) was a silversmith, medallist and sculptor of the Northern Netherlands, trained in Northern Mannerism but then important in developing the Baroque auricular style with his brother Ada ...

who was known for his

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in silver, so-called for its smooth, ear-like forms. After spending time in

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(ca. 1615), Lutma came to Amsterdam in 1621 where he got engaged on the 31rst of March 1623 to Mayken Roelants, and on the 18th of May 1638 to Saera de Bie.Johannes Lutma
in the

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He was a friend of

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, who later etched a portrait of him. The portrait shown here was painted by

Jacob Adriaensz Backer Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608 – 27 August 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years, including portraits, religious subjects, and mythological paintings. In his style, he was influenced by Wybrand d ...

. Lutma is best known for his choir-panel in the New Church of Amsterdam. A number of the designs of Lutma were later published in 4 series of prints, mainly by his sons

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and

Johannes Lutma the Younger Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Ye ...

, more often known as Jan Lutma. Jan developed a distinct, if not very influential, technique of

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by making dots on the plate with a punch and hammer. Griffiths, Antony, ''Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and Techniques'', p 78, British Museum Press (in UK), 2nd ed., 1996 The

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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

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, as well as

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, there are streets named after him.

References

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