Loth and his Daughters, before 1550

Artistzugeschrieben an (?) Ambrosius Benson, Lombardia 1495–1550 Brugge

Oil on oak

Dimensions without frame126,5 × 131,3 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThis painting was part of Elector Johann Wilhelm II’s collection in Bensberg Castle near Cologne and passed into the holdings of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the nineteenth century. The work shows a biblical story frequently depicted at the time of its creation. After the fall of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which claimed the lives of almost all the young men, Lot’s daughters got their own father drunk on wine and seduced him in order to have children with him.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenanceo.D. Sammlung des Kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Neuburg (1658 - 1716), Schloss Bensberg; vermutl. 1824 aus Bensberg in die Sammlung. der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf übernommen; 1894 ausgestellt in der Akademiesammlung; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 2302

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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