Lot and His Daughters Leaving Sodom

1582

Hendrik Goltzius after Anthonie van Blocklandt

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Anthonie van Blocklandt

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1533 - 1583

The image shows a detailed illustration with full-length figures of several individuals. The central figure is walking alongside another person with wings, possibly an angel, who holds a walking staff. The winged figure supports and guides the man with one hand on his shoulder. The man has facial hair, prominent cheekbones, long and somewhat unkempt hair, and is barefoot. His clothing is long and flowing, resembling a robe. The angel has curly hair, a calm expression, and wears a draped garment. Behind them, three more figures are gathered, also with wings and similar attire, engaged in an interaction. One of the figures gestures forward emphatically. The setting includes large, leafy trees and a walled cityscape or village in the far background. The artwork has a monochromatic tone with fine lines and shades that create a dramatic, classical scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 33.9 x 39.6 cm (13 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.22.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 312, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1993

  • Graven Images: The Rise of Professional Printmakers in Antwerp and Haarlem, 1540-1640, as Lot Leaving Sodom, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Evanston, Illinois; Ackland Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, no. 59.

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 312, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: Antonius Bloclandt invent. / Henricus Goltzius sculp. et excude. / gedruckt tot Haerlem.; lower right, in image, in plate: Ao 1582.; below image, in plate: Ne iustus pereat reprobis sociatus, edaci / E flamma manibus ducitur angelicis: / Parcitur oppidulo, sibi quod selegerat hospes: / In saxum versa coniuge sollicita. / Sis pius, et nullo trepida in discrimine quamvis / Undique vicinos poena cruenta trahat. (So that the just are not brought down with the sinners, angels lead him out of the all-consuming fire. The town he had chosen to stay in is spared, while his worried wife is turned to stone. Be pious and never tremble at danger, although the people around you are bloodily punished. [translation from Leeflang, Huigen, and Ger Luijten. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2003, p. 42.)]

Wikidata ID

Q65569199

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