An etching titled "Lot and His Daughters," by Joseph Marie Vien, 1748, showing the biblical patriarch fleeing the destruction of Sodom with his daughters. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 64.605.3, Drawings and Prints department.
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Attributed ToJoseph Marie Vien, a French painter and printmaker regarded as a forerunner of Neoclassicism. 1 Classification
Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Medium (class) Physical Form
MediumEtching by Joseph Marie Vien, 1748, Metropolitan Museum of Art 64.605.3 1 Connections
Associated With
Sodom, Cities This source names Sodom directly: "patriarch fleeing the destruction of Sodom with his daughters."
Source Lot and His Daughters, accession 64.605.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source Lot and His Daughters, accession 64.605.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Lot, Figures The Met's own title for this print names the subject outright, "Lot and His Daughters," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Lot and His Daughters, accession 64.605.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Also in Arts and Music Atlas: the author of this subject.
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1. Lot and His Daughters, accession 64.605.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 64.605.3
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An etching titled "Lot and His Daughters," by Joseph Marie Vien, 1748, showing the biblical patriarch fleeing the destruction of Sodom with his daughters.
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