Lot and his Daughters
possibly Johann Carl Loth (Munich 1632 – Venice 1698)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1880 x 1397 mm (74 x 55 in)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108918
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lot and his Daughters, possibly by Johann Carl Loth (Munich 1632 – Venice 1698, 17th century. Lot is seated and one daughter is pouring him a drink. Lot, full-length, lies diagonally across from centre right, to bottom left, bearded, head raised up to one of his daughters, and holds up a cup with his right hand, his chest, legs and feet are bare and the rest of his torso is wrapped in a loose cloth; one daughter stands to left, turned to right, profile, with her back to the spectator, her left arm raised to pour wine from a jar into Lot’s cup, she is dressed in loose classical robes with sandals, the second daughter, stands behind and above Lot, in profile to left, supporting him, her robes have slipped off her shoulders. Although long attributed to Carl Loth, this painting is uncharacteristic of his mature style; it may however have been painted long after his collaboration with Pietro Liberi during his early years in Venice (cf. KED/P/255). Lot's daughters made their father drunk, so as to get him to sleep with them and produce descendants, after the destruction of Sodom.
Provenance
Recorded by Lord Egmont in the old Kedleston House in the 1740's; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on back of top bar of stretcher in large black script: Carlo Loth. It seems probable that it was from the back of the original canvas of this painting prior to its re-lining, that the inscription in chalk on the back of the Procaccini - Carlo Lutto fecit - was transcribed - before the canvas was used to line that picture instead.
Makers and roles
possibly Johann Carl Loth (Munich 1632 – Venice 1698), artist