Lot and his Daughters

Lot and his Daughters

Title

Lot and his Daughters

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Hampel online database: https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Lucas-Cranach-d-J-1515-1586-zug-Werkstatt-des.html?a=84&s=234&id=90624] (accessed 25.09.2019)

This panel depicts the subject of Lot and his Daughters from the Old Testament with great realism (Genesis 19, 23-38). In contrast to earlier late gothic representations the three protagonists are shown as half length figures and are positioned close to the picture plane. The artist has rendered the richness

This panel depicts the subject of Lot and his Daughters from the Old Testament with great realism (Genesis 19, 23-38). In contrast to earlier late gothic representations the three protagonists are shown as half length figures and are positioned close to the picture plane. The artist has rendered the richness of their clothing, the jewelry as well as their physiognomies with great attention to detail. Lot, the old man with a grey beard, has lowered his head and already appears drowsy from the wine given to him by his daughters. There is a rocky outcrop behind the figures, but on the right-hand side the background opens out to show the flames of the burning city of Sodom and the white pillar of salt representing Lot’s wife.

Attributions
Veit Thiem
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Veit Thiem

[Dorotheum online database: https://www.dorotheum.com/de/l/6718086/; accessed 31.08.2020]

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Lucas-Cranach-d-J-1515-1586-zug-Werkstatt-des.html?a=84&s=234&id=90624] (accessed 25.09.2019)

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2019]

Production date
1544

Production date

1544

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 74 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 74 cm

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Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: serpent (not genuine) and dated '.1.5.44.'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left: serpent (not genuine) and dated '.1.5.44.'

Inscriptions and Labels
  • along the top edge, in white, the date: '.1.5.44.' and a verse from the bible: 'DINE XVIIII-CA'
    [Hampel …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • along the top edge, in white, the date: '.1.5.44.' and a verse from the bible: 'DINE XVIIII-CA'

  • [Hampel online database: https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Lucas-Cranach-d-J-1515-1586-zug-Werkstatt-des.html?a=84&s=234&id=90624] (accessed 25.09.2019)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P300
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P300/

Provenance

  • Hampel sale, Munich 23.03.2011, lot. 148
    [cda 2019]
  • sold at Dorotheum, Vienna, 09.06.2020, lot 5
    [Dorotheum online database: https://www.dorotheum.com/de/l/6718086/; accessed 31.08.2020]
  • priivate collection
    [cda 2020]

Research History / Discussion

In a brief expertise Ludwig Meyer, Archiv für Kunstgeschichte, Munich observes that Cranach the Younger was head of the workshop from 1537 and trained many painters who later became independent masters. He attributes this work to an as yet anonymous pupil from the Cranach workshop.

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  • Lot and his Daughters, 1544

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Condition Reports

Date2011

  • two vertical cradle members on the reverse

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