Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
Lot and his family flee from Sodom
oil on panel (52 × 42 cm) — c. 1496
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
This work is linked to Genesis 19:24
Art and the Bible - Genesis 19 - Old Testament
Genesis 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
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When God had decided to punish the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, angels were sent to forwarn the righteous Lot, who lived in Sodom. They led Lot and his family out of Sodom and told them not to look back. Lot's wife couldn't resist the temptation and was turned into a pillar of salt.
On the other side of this panel Dürer painted a Madonna and child.
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