Lot and his Daughters

• Loth and his Daughters
• Lot and his Daughters

SK-A-4866

signature and date: ‘HG 1616’

God decided to destroy the sinful city of Sodom, sparing only the righteous Lot and his family. Because Lot’s daughters were afraid of remaining childless – all of the men had perished – they got their father drunk and seduced him. Goltzius creates a striking contrast between the sunburned skin of the elderly Lot and the smooth skin of his two daughters.

The Burlington Magazine vol. CXXXIV (nov. 1992), p. 760, afb. I

painter: Hendrick Goltzius

1616

olieverf op doek

height 140 cm x width 204 cm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the G.H. Sant Bequest and the ministerie van WVC

purchase 1989

Public domain

…; anonymous sale, Munich (Helbing), 20 October 1919, no. 157; …; collection Bieberfeld;{Van Thiel 1989a, p. 137.} …; collection Dr J.F. Kapp;{Van Thiel 1989a, p. 137.} …; purchased from Hans Franz Himmer, Detroit, by Edward Frohlich, 1920's;{Note RMA.} his son, Edward P. Frohlich (1918-2002), Grosse Point, Michigan;{Note RMA.} the Montgommery Gallery, San Francisco, 1987;{Amsterdam 2003, pp. 304-305, no. 112.} from whom, fl.3,650,000, to the museum, through the mediation of J.F. van Santen, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum Stichting and the Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur, 1989

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• The Burlington Magazine vol. CXXXIV (nov. 1992), p. 760, afb. I
• Jaarverslag Vereniging Rembrandt (1989), p. 32, 33
• J.G. van Gelder, Rubens in Holland in de zeventiende eeuw, in: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek vol. 3 (1950/51), p. 119, 122, afb. 10
• Kunstkrant Rijksmuseum nr. 3 (2003), p. 16, 17
• Tent.cat. Im Lichte Rembrandts. Das Alte Testament im Goldenen Zeitalter der Niederländischen Kunst, Münster (Landes Museum) 1994, p. 73
• Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, dl. 42-43 (1991/92), p. 61, 136-138, 361, afb. 49

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