The double incest of Lot, plied with wine by his daughters
LOTH AND HIS DAUGHTERS
Jan Massys (1531-1575)
1565
Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Subjects from the Old Testament, until this point essentially seen as foreshadowing the New Testament, experienced unprecedented popularity in the 16th century. The European Reformation encouraged direct reading of the Bible.
This painting shows the double-incest of Lot, intoxicated by his daughters, who seduce him in order to continue the human race after the destruction of Sodom and Gommorrah (see Bible text below). The incestuous act is represented by a lizard, an ‘impure’ animal. The younger daughter carries fruit in her bosom, evocative of desire.
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) Anonymous, ca. 1525-1530 - Musée du Louvre, Paris
LOT AND HIS DAUGTERS Lucas Cranach, ca. 1528 - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) Lucas Gassel, 1525/30 - Private collection
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Albrecht Altdorfer, 1537 - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Lucas Cranach, 1553 - Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Georg Pencz, 1544 - Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1595 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA, United States
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1613-1614 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
LOT'S DAUGHTERS LOOKING AT THE BURNING CITY OF SODOM Orazio Gentileschi, 1622-1623 - Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Palma the Younger, 1610/20 - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) Simon Vouet, 1633 - Fine Arts Museum, Strasbourg, France
LOTH ET UNE DE SES FILLES Aert de Gelder, 17th century - Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Artemisia Gentileschi, ca. 1635-1638 - Toledo Mus., OH, United States
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Francesco Furini, 1630-1640 - Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
LOT MADE DRUNK BY HIS DAUGHTERS Andrea Vaccaro, 1640/70 - Girona Art Museum, Spain
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) - Louvre version Guercino, 1651 - Musée du Louvre, Paris
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS Adriaen van der Weref, 1711 - The Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia
LOTH AND HIS DAUGHTERS Johannes Jakob Hartmann, early 18th century - Private collection
DRUNK LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH DANS L'IVRESSE AVEC SES FILLES) Jean-Francois de Troy, 1745 - Museo de Arte, Ponce, Porto Rico
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOT UND SEINE TÖCHTER) Otto Dix, 1939 -Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS (LOTH ET SES FILLES) Chagall, 1931 - Marc Chagall National Museum, Nice, France
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LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS FLEE FROM SODOM
Paolo Veronese, ca. 1580/85 - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
THE BURNING OF SODOM (L'INCENDIE DE SODOME, ou LA DESTRUCTION DE SODOME)
Camille Corot, 1843/57 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The story of Lot, nephew of Abraham, is linked to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. An angel advises Lot and his family to flee the city without looking back. Lot’s wife disobeys and is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his two daughters seek shelter in a mountain cave.
'And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.' (Genesis 19:31-36). In this way, Lot’s daughters continue the family line.'
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