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Description: | The episode is taken from the Old Testament (Genesis 19). After their flight from Sodom and the death of their mother, who was turned into a pillar of salt by God, Lot's daughters seduced their father in order to ensure the survival of his line. This subject was often represented during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as an example of the dangers of intemperance. It was also chosen because it presented the artist with the technical challenge of contrasting the age and gender of the protagonists. Lot's naturalistic figure, as well as the strong chiaroscuro (extreme contrasts of light and dark), suggests a link with the Neapolitan school. | Subjects: | religion (Lot) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian (Neapolitan) School Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to school of Titian (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1488-1576) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9034... | Go to resource |
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