Lot and His Daughters

1748

Joseph-Marie Vien after Jean François de Troy

Associated Names
Joseph-Marie Vien

Artist, French, 1716 - 1809

Jean François de Troy

Artist After, French, 1679 - 1752

Three individuals are depicted in the image. The person in the middle has a bare chest, a beard, and long hair, while the two individuals on either side are draped in cloth. One of them is reclined with her arm over the man's knee, and the other is pouring from a jug. The background shows a detailed natural setting with rocks, trees, pack animals, and scattered objects like baskets and bottles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.9 × 40.9 cm (12 15/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.2 × 42.9 cm (13 7/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.13.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861: no. 1

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Eques Io.F. de Troy inven. et Pinxit / Dixit major filiarum Lot ad minorem demus patri bibere vinum etiam hax nocti, et dormies cum eo, / ut Salvemus semen di patre nostro. Gen. Cap. XIX. 4. 34

Watermarks

fleur de lys in a double circle (heawood 1637)

Wikidata ID

Q76561498

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