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Recto: The Angel Conducting Lot and His Family from the Burning City of Sodom

Drawing
17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Diepenbeck, Abraham Jansz. Van (manner of)
Rubens, Peter Paul (formerly attributed to)
Place of origin
Belgium (drawn)

Two studies. Angels conducting Lot and his daughters from the burning city; on the reverse another study of the same subject; Drawing in black chalk, on paper.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Recto: The Angel Conducting Lot and His Family from the Burning City of Sodom (published title)
  • Lot and Two Daughters Fleeing from the City of Zoar (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, on paper
Black Chalk
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing Recto: 'The Angel Conducting Lot and His Family from the Burning City of Sodom', Verso: 'Lot and Two Daughters Fleeing from the City of Zoar', manner of Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Flemish School, black chalk, 17th century
Physical description
Two studies. Angels conducting Lot and his daughters from the burning city; on the reverse another study of the same subject; Drawing in black chalk, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 177mm
  • Width: 226mm
Style
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s inv. no.), 515; on verso, at lower left, in brown ink, P... (illegible).
  • Inscribed on old washed mount, in brown ink: at centre, possibly by Thomas Hudson, Rubens; on the right, in another hand, Vide the back; and inside inner margin of old mount (behind sheet), at bottom right, Formerly in the collns; of the Thos. Hudson / Sr Josa Reynolds; numbered at left, 22; and at right, in a nineteenth-century hand, in pencil (with the original Dyce inv. no.), 234; and on verso of mount, at lower right, in graphite (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 515.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Thomas Hudson (1701–99), London (L. 2432); Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92), London (L. 2364); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Angels
Lot
Sodom and Gomorrha Burn
Literary referenceThe Bible, Genesis, The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by "brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven" (Genesis19:24-25).
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 473, p.402
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.515

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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