Painting Scope Johann Carl Loth - Lot and his daughters

Features

Artist:  Johann Carl Loth (1632-1698)

Artwork title:  Lot e le sue figlie

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Biblical scene

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Lot e le sue figlie

Oil on canvas. The large scene tells the biblical story of Lot and his daughters, who escaped by divine grace from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, taking refuge in a cave. The two girls, fearing they would be left childless, decided to give their father some wine and unite with him, one on the first night, the other on the second, to ensure him, in this way, a lineage. The scene depicts the moment of seduction, with the three figures standing out in the foreground and in the background on the right the destruction of the cities by a rain of sulfur and fire, which falls from the sky. Due to its sensual and morbid implications, this subject was often depicted in art. This painting can be attributed in its pictorial style to an author of the late eighteenth century who looks to the style of Johann Carl Loth, a German painter who settled in Italy, who expressed the baroque taste by initially adhering to the naturalistic and dark style of Giovanni Battista Langetti, then softening the tones around the seventies and in his late maturity. The painting, in the first canvas, presents slight losses of color. It is presented in a nineteenth-century frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real condition as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 129
Width: 164
Depth: 4,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 117
Width: 152