Lot and His Daughters [reverse]
c. 1496/1499
![Lot and His Daughters [reverse] by Albrecht Dürer](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/lot-and-his-daughters-reverse-nga-41599.webp)
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 52.4 x 42.2 cm (20 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.) framed: 66.2 x 55.5 x 7.6 cm (26 1/16 x 21 7/8 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1952.2.16.b
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer’s *Lot and His Daughters* (c. 1496/1499) captures a dramatic biblical scene from Genesis, in which Lot’s daughters ensure the survival of their family after the destruction of Sodom. Painted in oil on panel during the artist’s early maturity, the work reflects the Northern Renaissance interest in moral storytelling combined with precise observation of the human figure and landscape. Measuring just over 20 by 16 inches, the modest panel size suggests it may have formed part of a diptych or devotional object; the title’s reference to the “reverse” indicates it originally shared i...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...