Artist: Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588), painter.
Engraver: Benoît Audran II (French, 1698-1772), engraver and publisher.
Title: Loth et ses Filles sortant de Sodome (Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Loth et ses Filles sortant de Sodome. d'après le Tableau de Paul Veronèse, qui est dans le cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans. Peint sur toile haut de deux pieds onze pouces, large de trois pieds huit pouces, gravé par Benoist Audran.
Dimensions: Platemark 12 1/2" x 14 1/2", Sheet 21 1/8" x 16".
Edition: Joseph Antoine de Crozat, Marquis de Tugny. Recueil d'Estampes d'après les plus beaux Tableaux et d'après les plus beaux Desseins qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roy, dans celuy de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, & dans d'autres Cabinets, Tome Second. Paris, 1742.
Date: 1742.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving and etching on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Left edge with cuts and holes from binding cord. Repaired cuts to the left margin. Wear to edges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: [Known as the Cabinet de Crozat or Recueil de Crozat, Volume 2].
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1855,0609.235.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVIII C. Italian School XVI C.
Notes:
- Lot, his wife and two daughters were visited by two angels who urged them to flee the city of Sodom before its imminent destruction by God. As they fled, Lot's wife disobeyed the angels' command to not look back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
- The painting is now in the Louvre.
- This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.