File:Lot and his Daughters-1-.jpg
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Summary
Hendrik Goltzius: Lot and his Daughters
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| Title |
Lot and his daughters. |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Description |
In the left, Lot is sleeping, after being seduced by his daughters. The fox behind the tree symbolizes female cunning. In the background in front of the burning city is the pilar of salt, Lots wife. |
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| Depicted people |
Lot's daughters |
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| Date | 1616 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 140 cm (55.1 in); width: 204 cm (80.3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
SK-A-4866 |
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| Object history |
14 November 1791: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 46 1989: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Credit line | Purchased with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the G.H. Sant bequest and the Dutch Ministry of Welfare, Health and Culture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Monogram and date bottom left: HG / 1616
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| References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Lot en zijn dochters, 1616, height: 140 cm (55.1 in); width: 204 cm (80.3 in), inv. SK-A-4866. RKDimages, Art-work number 641, as Lot and his daughters (Gen. 19:30-38), 1616, height: 140 cm (55.1 in); width: 200 cm (78.7 in), inv. A 4866 Web Gallery of Art, as Lot and his Daughters, 1616, height: 140 cm (55.1 in); width: 204 cm (80.3 in). |
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| Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:51, 2 February 2008 | | 1,600 × 1,094 (1.08 MB) | Jan Arkesteijn | {{Information |Description=Lot and his daughters. The image is a manipulated version of the original, to reveal details in the dark parts. In the left, Lot is sleeping, after being seduced by his daughters. The fox behind the tree symbolizes female cunnin |
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