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Object Type
print
Museum number
V,9.68
Description
Lot and his daughters: landscape with Lot sitting in the left foreground and fondling one of his daughters' breast whilst taking a cup from his other daughter; various objects are piled up on the right; in the background, to right, the burning city of Sodom; after a painting stated to be by Caravaggio Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Louis Duguernier II
After:
Michelangelo da Caravaggio
(then thought to be)
School/style
British
Italian
Production date
1708-1714
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
312 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
382 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Lot
Associated with:
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
(dedicatee)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(probably)
Acquisition date
1753
Acquisition notes
Inscribed in pencil on the verso HS in Philipe's hand, although the type, preservation and subject matter seem typical more of Cracherode's collection rather than Sloane's.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
V,9.68