Lot and his Daughters

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Lot sits on the ground embracing one of his daughters, while his other daughter stands and pours them wine. In the background the blazing town is visible from whence the family on the left edge of the painting are fleeing. Lot's wife has already been turned into a pillar of

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Production date: 1529

Production date

1529

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 57 x 36.8 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 57 x 36.8 cm
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1529'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1529'
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Owner: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository: Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location: Aschaffenburg

CDA ID: DE_BStGS_WAF167
FR (1978) Nr.: FR204
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_WAF167/

Provenance

1827 acquired from the Boisserée Collection
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Munich 2011, No. 10
Rome 2010, No. 36

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

36, 38, 142

under no. 2

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach 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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016

69, 70

Editor	Olga Kotková
Title	Cranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2016
Pages	16-180

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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011

70-71, 145

Nos. 10, WAF 167

Fig. p. 71

Author	Martin Schawe
Editor	Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Title	Cranach in Bayern
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2011

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Exhib. Cat. Rome 2010

240 - 242

No. 36

Pl. p. 241

Editor	Galleria Borghese, Rome, Anna Coliva, Bernard Aikema
Title	Cranach. L'altro rinascimento / a different renaissance, [Rome, Galleria Borghese 15 ottobre 2010 - 13 febbraio 2011]
Place of Publication	Milan
Year of Publication	2010

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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007

316

No. 63

Fig. p. 317

Editor	Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
Title	Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2007

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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005

80, 81 (English version 34)

under no. 13

Fig. p. 81

Editor	Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
Title	Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2005

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

110

No. 204

Fig. 204

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Research History / Discussion

The subject was already illustrated in Early Christian art. By about 1500 it served as an exempel for the consequences of drunkenness and gluttony, which at the time were seen as frequently prompting sexual excesses. According to contemporary texts both Lot and his daughters (Weiberlist) participated in the morally reprehensible act.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 70, No. 10]

Lot and his Daughters, 1529

Images

Documents

DE_BStGS_WAF167_FR204_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

24.11.2013 - 2019Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

DE_BStGS_WAF167_FR204_2013_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Plank I: 113 annual rings, 1521-1409; plank II: 68 annual rings, 1460-1393; plank III: 92 annual rings, 1520-1429

- the youngest annual ring is from 1524; earliest felling date 1524; following a two year seasoning period the panel can be no earlier than 1526.

[Klein Report, 24.11.2013]

analysed by Peter Klein

06. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium (very diluted) and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing; barely visible

- thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential details and the facial features, no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; changes (e.g. the hem of the undergarment)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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