Lot and his Daughters

Lot and his Daughters

Title

Lot and his Daughters

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

The story of Lot and his daughters was a popular subject for artists and one which Lucas Cranach the Elder painted at least four times. The tale comes from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament in which Lot and his daughters flee from the burning city of Sodom

The story of Lot and his daughters was a popular subject for artists and one which Lucas Cranach the Elder painted at least four times. The tale comes from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament in which Lot and his daughters flee from the burning city of Sodom and Gomorrah (which can be seen in the background). Lot's daughters make their father drunk and seduce him in an attempt to ensure that he has male heirs.

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55.9 x 39 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55.9 x 39 cm

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Owner
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Repository
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Location
Warwickshire
CDA ID
UK_CVCSC_0332-N
FR (1978) Nr.
FR205
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_CVCSC_0332-N/

Provenance

  • 1920, Paris, Prince Alexis Orloff, his sale Paris, 29 April 1920, lot 19.
  • 1927, Berlin, Hugo Perls Gallery
  • 1932, Paris, J. Seligmann Gallery
  • 1944, London, E. Sklarz (Dr.)
  • 2004, sold by Christie's, London, 7.07.2004, sale 6979, lot 65 [1]
  • Collection, Compton Verney
    [1] [Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-i-lot-and-his-daughters-4322992-details.aspx?; (accessed 02.04.2020)]
    [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 458

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 38 under no. 2
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Roe 2009 14
EditorSonia Roe
TitleOil Paintings In Public Ownership in Warwickshire
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2009
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Koepplin 2003 C 155, 156 Fig. 68
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleEin Cranach-Prinzip
Publicationin Heinz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Pages144-165
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 205 Fig.
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 566 458 illustrated on front cover
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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  • Lot and his Daughters, about 1530

Images

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Technical studies

10.07.2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Summary of report:

- no distinct carbon-based underdrawing, possibly an infrered transparent medium like red paint or red chalk.

[see attached pdf]

  • examined by Tager Stonor Richardson

2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- beech panel 56.0 cm x 38.8 cm

- average thickness of panel 8 - 9 mm

- 3 boards

- indistinct coarse saw kerf most prominent on middle board, otherwise tooled smooth with broad plane or drawer knife, in places there are signs of chatter

- joins assumed to be butt and animal glue

- horizontal grain

- radial cut

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

1974Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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