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Object Type
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.30
Title: Object: Lot and his family escaping from Sodoma and Gomorra; Series: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus
Description: Lot and his two daughters escaping Sodom and Gomorrah accompanied by two angels; behind Lot's wife, turned into a salt statue, looking towards the city in flames. Etching and engraving with contemporary colouring
Producer name: After: Frans Menton; Published by: Gerard de Jode
School/style
Production date: 1585
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 207 millimetres; Width: 254 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See curator's comment for 1968-10-18-1-(29).
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (1-4) (Frans Menton); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (34.III) (De Jode Dynasty: Gerard)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: old testament; angel
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Sodom; Topographic representation of: Gomorrah
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1968,1018.1.30

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