Lot and his daughters, c. 1616
Oil on canvas
h 140 cm × b 204 cm
Rijksmuseum
Lot and his daughters. Seated under trees by rocks, the daughters of Lot tempt their father. All three figures are presented naked and sitting or lying on the ground. The daughter on the left holds a wine jug in her hand, Lot has a drinking bowl in the right hand. Bottom left a table with cheese and bread, a dog is next to it. To the right in the background are Sodom and Gomorrah burning, with the wife of Lot who had changed into a salt pillar. A fox walks between the rocks. More on this painting
Lot and his two daughters, Genesis 19:30-38, left
Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and
his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the
younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us
children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink
wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
That night
they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept
with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
The next
day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father.
Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so
we can preserve our family line through our father.” So they got their father
to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with
him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by
their father. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the
father of the Moabites of today. The younger daughter also had a son, and she
named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today. More Lot and his two daughters
Hendrick Goltzius (January or February
1558 – 1 January 1617), was a German-born
Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of
the early Baroque period, or Northern Mannerism, noted for his sophisticated
technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt
Mayor, Goltzius "was the last professional engraver who drew with the
authority of a good painter and the last who invented many pictures for others
to copy". In middle age he also began to produce paintings. More Hendrick
Goltzius
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