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Jacob Adriaensz Backer - Portrait of Johannes Lutma
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Lutma must have been proud of his salt cellars. In this portrait he is depicted next to one. No silversmith before him had had himself painted in this way, with an exact portrayal of one of his masterpieces. Lutma may have been referring to the fact that many painters had depicted Adam van Vianen’s famous ewer of 1614.
Although Jacob de Backer (1555–1591) left us a substantial number of paintings and drawings, very little is known of his brief life and career. De Backer joined the workshop of Antonio van Palermo, who reportedly worked his pupil so hard that the strain eventually lead to his premature demise at the age of thirty. Despite this short lived period of activity, De Backer must have produced many versions and copies of his Last Judgment.
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