Lot and his Daughters

Lot and his Daughters

Title

Lot and his Daughters

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 13]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 13]

Lot is depicted seated in the centre of the image. To his right one of his daughters is shown embracing him while looking out of the image over her shoulder at the viewer. The other daughter stands above them and pours her father wine from a jug into a dish.

Lot is depicted seated in the centre of the image. To his right one of his daughters is shown embracing him while looking out of the image over her shoulder at the viewer. The other daughter stands above them and pours her father wine from a jug into a dish. The upper half of the image shows Sodom in flames as well as Lot's wife who was transformed into a pillar of salt.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 13]
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, No. 4]

Production date
about 1528 - 1530

Production date

about 1528 - 1530

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 13] [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016, 70, No. 4]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 57.4 x 38.5 x 0.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 57.4 x 38.5 x 0.6 cm

  • [cda 2014]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the bottle: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the bottle: winged serpent with elevated wings

  • [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, No. 13]

Owner
Kanonie premonstrátu v Nové Ríši (Premonstratensian monastery of Nová Ríše)
Repository
Moravská galerie v Brne (Moravian Gallery Brno)
Location
Brno
CDA ID
CZ_KPNR-MGB_M12
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_KPNR-MGB_M12/

Provenance

  • 1819 Premonstratensian Abbey Nova Rise (Neureisch)
  • 1953 removed from the Abbey and taken to the picture gallery of the museum in Brno
  • 1993 returned, but on permanent loan to the museum
    [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 13]

Exhibitions

  • Prague 2005, No. 13
  • Düsseldorf 2017, No. 144

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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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 244 No. 144
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 21, 68-71 4 Figs. pp. 21, 68
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Görres, Heydenreich, Kotková 2016 10 4
AuthorOlga Kotková, Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres
TitleIntroduction
Publicationin Olga Kotková, ed., Cranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides., Exhib. Cat. Prague
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages11-17
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 298-299 87 p. 299
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Heydenreich 2007 B 39-40 19
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
Title"... dass Du mit wunderbarer Schnelligkeit malest". Virtuosität und Effizienz in der künstlerischen Praxis Lucas Cranachs d. Ä.
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, Exhib. Cat. FrankfurtA
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Pages29-47
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Chamonikola 2005 B 26 (English version 11)
AuthorKaliopi Chamonikola
TitleLucas Cranach a ceské zeme/ Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands
Publicationin Kaliopi Chamonikola, ed., Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme, Under the winged Serpent, Lucas Cranach and the Czech Lands, Exhib. Prague 2005
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
Pages13-33 (6-15)
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 74, 80, 81 (English versioin 32-34 13 Pl. p. 81
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 177 055 (u.)
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 564, 566 under No. 458 Fig. 292
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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Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 under no. 8
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
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Kratinová, Pesina 1963 25
AuthorJaroslav Pešina, Vlasta Kratinová
TitleZwei unbekannte Bilder von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. in den Sammlungen der Moravská galerie (Mäherische Galerie)
JournalJahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität Graz
Issue2
Year of Publication1966
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Kratinová, Pesina 1963 95-104
AuthorVlasta Kratinová, Jaroslav Pešina
TitleZwei unbekannte Bilder von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. in den Sammlungen der Moravská galerie (Mäherische Galerie)
JournalSborník prací filosofické fakulty brnenské university
Issue13
Year of Publication1963
Pages95-104
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Cat. Prague 1962 XVII
AuthorJaroslav Pešina
TitleAlt-deutsche Meister: Von Hans von Tübingen bis Dürer und Cranach
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1962
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Schramm 1893 72
AuthorW. Schramm
TitleBerichte über das in den Archiven der Stadt Brünn befindliche kunsthistorische Quellen-Material
JournalMittheilungen der dritten (Archiv)Section der k.k. Central-Commission zur Erforschung und Erhaltung der Kunst- und historischen Denkmale
Issue2
Year of Publication1893
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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical Examination

Support

- original format; left and right edges exhibit a barb

- thinned slightly on the reverse; edges exhibit a broad bevel

[cda 2014]

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible; a freehand underdrawing may have been executed in a fluid black medium with a brush or a hard drawing implement (?)

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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