Lot and his Daughters

17th century

Not on view

After their home in Sodom was destroyed, Lot and his two daughters fled to the mountains, where the girls concluded that their only hope of procreating was with their own father (Genesis 19:30-38). This group shows one of them plying him with wine to achieve her goal; her sister turns away in shame. The scene was popular with artists, its scandalous nature being justified by its biblical source. Like the nearby Standing Woman, this work is carved from a soft wood; its generalized details differ from those of the more incisively cut boxwood sculpture of Christ at the Column beside it.

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Title: Lot and his Daughters
Artist: Follower of Leonhard Kern (German, Forchtenberg, Hohenlohe 1588–1662 Schwäbisch Hall)
Date: 17th century
Culture: German
Medium: Spindlewood
Dimensions: Height: 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Object Number: 32.100.216
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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