# Portrait of Johannes Lutma [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz.]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 91 x 71 cm ## Commentary Johannes Lutma was the leading silversmith in Amsterdam in the 1630s. Among his creations were four silver salt cellars in the shape of boys with shells on their heads. In this oval painting Jacob Backer portrayed Lutma with <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/lutma/twosalts.html'\)" HREF="/html/l/lutma/twosalts.html">one of these salt cellars.</A> ## Related artworks - [Granida and Daifilo]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of an Old Woman]() - [Portrait of Geertruida Hasselaer]() - [The Hearing]() - [The Tribute Money \(detail\)]() - [The Tribute Money]() - [Venus and Adonis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()