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Lucas van Leyden

Lot and His Daughters

1530
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The middle ground of this image depicts Lot leaving behind the salt-pillar figure of his wife with his two daughters trailing behind him. The nakedness of the figures and Lot's dejected posture echo representations of Adam and Eve being expelled from paradise.

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