Painters of the second half of the 17th century

Painting couple
LOTH AND HIS DAUGHTERS
and
SUSANNA AND THE TWO OLD
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
Each 106 x 138 cm.
In gilt frames.

One painting shows the seated Lot, partly wrapped in a red cloth, with his daughters in a cave. One of them is in the process of pouring wine into a bowl to make him drunk, while the other is trying to seduce him with her naked upper body, a leg draped over his thigh and a sensual gaze. On the right, the view from the cave falls on the burning city of Sodom and Lot's wife, frozen to a pillar of salt. The subject of the other painting is taken from the Book of Daniel, according to which the chaste Susanna is harassed by two old men who are later convicted of their crime. In the center of the painting, Susanna sits at the edge of a well, half undressed for bathing, with only a white cloth covering her delicate, fair-skinned body. She looks in horror at a man with a headdress standing behind her, who warns her to be quiet with a pointing finger. On the left is another older, fully bearded man in a red cloak, who is trying to take the scarf from her. The lighting particularly emphasizes Susanna's incarnation. Both paintings depict popular Old Testament motifs. (1410171) (18)



School of the second half of the 17th century

A pair of paintings
LOTH AND HIS DAUGTHERS
and
SUSANNA AND THE TWO ELDERS

Oil on canvas. Relined.
106 x 138 cm each.