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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
E,8.150
Description
Lot and his daughters; seated in right foreground; Lot's wife as a pillar of salt in left background in front of the burning city of Sodom. Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Schäufelein
School/style
German
Production date
1530-1540
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
178 millimetres
Width:
373 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression, see 1895,0122.441.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(2)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(II.46.210)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.246.4)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Lot
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Sodom
Acquisition date
1810
(before)
Acquisition notes
The print is laid down and there is no indication of the provenance on the mount.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,8.150