REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "John Lutma (Jan Lutma, Goldsmith)". 1656. Original etching and drypoint. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1656" in point in the plate (on the window). Ref: Bartsch, no. 276. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Arches), with the address "Joannes Lutma Aurifecx | Natus Groningae", and bearing on the reverse a blue stamp of Colportage. Late print. A great friend of Rembrandt, Johannes Lutma was a Dutch silversmith born in Emden in 1584 and died on January 29, 1669 in Amsterdam. He made beautiful gold cups and dishes and is best known for the choir screen of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. 19,7 x 14,6 cm. Condition B (Cut for a few millimeters inside the subject in places at the bottom and right).