Lot and his Daughters

Lot and his Daughters

Title

Lot and his Daughters

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 137, No. 1383]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Lot sits with his daughters in the foreground beside a cave. In the background on the right a town in flames is visible, while on the left the scene of the flight is depicted showing Lot's wife after she was turned into a pillar of salt.

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[Cat. Kroanch 2014, No. 94]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 137, No. 1383]

Production date
1533

Production date

1533

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65.7 x 48.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 65.7 x 48.5 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 137, No. 1383]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1533'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1533'

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 137, No. 1383]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location
Kronach
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_1383
FR (1978) Nr.
FR207
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_1383/

Provenance

  • 1799 acquired from the Galerie Zweibrücken
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 137, No. 1383]

Exhibitions

Munich 2011, No. 11

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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Cat. Kronach 2014 250-251 94
AuthorMatthias Weniger
TitleFränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2014
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 70-73, 137 Nos. 11, 1383 Figs. p. 72-73
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 111 No. 207 Fig. 207
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • Lot and his Daughters, 1533

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Documents

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood (Fagus sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

29.11.2009Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- 2 planks. Plank I from the same tree as Berlin 567 ['Adam and Eve', DE_smbGG_567_FR193]

- the most recent ring is from 1530; taking seasoning into consideration the earliest date of production for the panel is 1532

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek Munich, 26.03.2010]

  • examined by Peter Klein
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

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