Lot and His Daughters
Artist
Bonifazio de' Pitati
(Italian, 1487-1553)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1545
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions48 x 66 x 1 in. (121.9 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 64 x 81 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (162.6 x 207 x 8.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 64 x 81 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (162.6 x 207 x 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.622
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
Label TextBonifazio de’Pitati Italian, 1487–1553 Lot and His Daughters, ca. 1545 Oil on canvas Lot and his family have fled the sinful city of Sodom, but their troubles aren’t over yet. In the background, the town is destroyed by fire and brimstone. And in the middle ground near the water, Lot’s unfortunate wife appears as a pale figure. After turning to look at the burning city, she has turned into a pillar of salt. The scene in the foreground combines biblical narrative (Genesis 19:1–38) with moral allegory. One of Lot’s daughters sits at center. Sliding a fancy dress down her shoulder and holding a mirror, she embodies the sin of vanity. Lot’s other daughter is seducing him. With her dress falling open, she sits on her father’s lap and pours him wine while staring straight at us—a stern warning about the sins of the flesh. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.622 Provenance?- 1797 Palazzo Pesaro, San Stae, Venice, Italy, decsribed as "Tiziano. Lot con le Figlie, ed incendio do Sodoma' (Pavanello, Gli Inventari di Pietro Edwards..., 2006, p.106) as reported by Prof. Peter Humfrey, University of St. Andrews, 09/2011; ? - Sir Coutts Lindsey, London; By 1934? - Arthur Ruck, Albemarle Agency, Ltd., London (if Ruck is identical to the "London, Kunsthandel" reference given in Troche's 1934 article); ? - Giuseppe Bellesi, Florence, Italy; By 1954 - Julius Weitzner, NY; 1954 -- Walter P.Chrysler, Jr. from Weitzner; 1971 - Walter P.Chrysler, Jr. to Chrysler Museum of Art. Exhibition History"Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Portland Art Museum, Oreg., March 3 - April 16, 1956; Seattle Art Museum, Wash., April 27 - May 27, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Calif., June 12 - July 11, 1956; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Calif., July 26 - Aug. 26, 1956; Minneapolis Art Institute, Minn., Sept. 8 - Oct. 7, 1956; St. Louis City Art Museum, Mo., Oct. 19 - Nov. 18, 1956; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 30, 1956 - Jan 2, 1957; Detroit Institute of Arts, Mi., Jan. 18 - Feb. 17, 1957; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 2, 1956 - April 14, 1957. (Exh. cat. no. 24) "Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition," Provincetown, Ma., 1958. (Exh. cat. no. 2) "A Loan Exhibition of Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century," Finch College Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Oct. 30 - Dec. 15, 1963. (Exh. cat. no. 7) "Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Va., Dec. 2, 1978 - May 15, 1968. (Exh. cat. fig. 8) "Italian Renaissance Paintings from Southern Museums," Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 18, 1981 - Jan. 10, 1982. "The Genius of Venice," Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, Nov. 25, 1983 - March 18, 1984. (Exh. cat. no. 14) "Il giovane Tiziano," Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, February 15 - May 20, 2012. Published ReferencesErnst Gunter Troche, "Giovanni Cariani," _Jahrbuch der Preuszischen Kunstsammlungen_ 55, Part II (1934): 117, 123, no. 83; p. 118 fig. 4 (as Cariani). William E. Suida, "Spigolature Giorgionesche," _Arte Veneta_ 8, Part II (1954): 159-160, fig. 170 (as Bonifazio Veronese). Bertina S. Manning, _Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.: An Exhibition Organized by the Portland Art Museum, Oregon_, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oreg., 1956, No. 24. Charlotte Williard, "Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Exhibits his Personal History of Art," _Look_ (March 6, 1956): 47, illustrated. Bernard Berenson, _Italian Pictures of the Renaissance_ Vol. I (London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1957), 42; Vol. II, plate 1140 (as Bonifazio Veronese). Bertina S. Manning, _Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Mass., 1958, 5, 42, no. 2. Robert L. Manning, _Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century_, exh. cat., Finch College Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., 1963, no. 7. F. Richardson, "Two Exhibitions of Venetian Painting at Finch College," _Art Quarterly_ XXVII (1964): 356-357. Robert L. Manning, _Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._, exh. cat., Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science, Norfolk, Va., 1967, 12, fig. 8. Melinda Kay Lesher, _Italian Renaissance Paintings from Southern Museums_, exh. cat., The Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C., 1981, no. 18. Jane Martineau and Charles Hope, eds., _The Genius Of Venice, 1500-1600_, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts London, England, 1983, 152-153. Simonetta Simonetti, "Profilo di Bonifacio de' Pitati," _Saggi e Memorie, di Storia dell'Arte_ 15 (1986): 116-117; ill. p. 275. Jefferson C. Harrison, "Italian Art - Fourteenth To Sixteenth Century," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_ (Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum, 1987), 4, no. 9. Pierre Dantraique, _La Peinture Venitienne_ (Neuchatel: Ides et Calendes, 1989), 140, illustrated. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991), 12, no. 11. Ruth Mellinkoff, "Titian's Pastoral Scene: A Unique Rendition of Lot and His Daughters," _Renaissance Quarterly_ 51 (1998): 841-842, fig. 17. Bernard Aikema and Beverly Louise Brown, ed., _Renaissance Venice and the North: Crosscurrents in the Time of Bellini, Dürer, and Titian_, exh. cat., Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, 1999, 452-453, no. 120. Gert Jan van der Sman, _Le Siècle de Titien, gravures vènitiennes de la Renaissance_ (Zwolle: Waanders, 2003) p. 69. ISBN: 90-400-8771-7 Bertrand Jestaz, _L'art de la Renaissance_ (Paris, France: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2007) p. 294 fig. 226. ISBN: 978-2-85088-089-6 Andrew John Martin, _Cranach: l'altro rinascimento_, exh. cat., Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy, 2010, 240.
April 1919
