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Museum number: 1917,0714.3
Description: Lot and his daughters; one of whom hands him the chalice, the other holding the bottle of wine, Sodom is seen in flames in the left background, to the right, on top of a hill, is Lot's wife, turned into a pillar of salt. Engraving
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Production date: 1515 (circa)
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Dimensions: Height: 212 millimetres (borderline); Width: 136 millimetres (cut)
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Curator's comments: Löcher dates this print about 1515 in his discussion of art in Cologne, see K.Löcher, 'Köln und die Künste am Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts' in D. Taube (editor) 'Rheinische Glasmalerei: Meisterwerke der Renaissance', Cologne, 2007, vol. I Essays, pp.42-43
Bibliographic references: Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert (VII.265.1); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.319.1)
Location: Not on display
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: Sodom
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Earls of Pembroke (Wilton House sale Sothebys 5/6.vii1917/19); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,0714.3

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