Why should I draw from nature, and not from photographs. Greg Kreutz: Oil Painting
We are accustomed to blaming modern art for being unprincipled and prone to pornography. But are the innocent old classical paintings so dear to the hearts of aesthetes and connoisseurs of chastity? Upon closer examination, among the paintings of famous painting geniuses, one can find masterpieces with frank plots that can make modern, worldly connoisseurs of “strawberries” blush. (Caution! Nude).
"Leda and the Swan"
If we talk about the most immodest classical plot, then the well-deserved palm will be given to the ancient story about the proximity of the god Zeus and the beautiful Leda. According to legend, a resident of Olympus appeared to the girl incognito, in the guise of a swan, but nevertheless managed to enter into a relationship with her and even have offspring.
Over the past millennium, only the lazy did not undertake to portray the scene of the intercourse of a beauty with a bird. This fate did not pass and the great ones - the plot that set the teeth on edge was exploited by Boucher, Michelangelo and even Leonardo. François Boucher in 1740 offered the most indecent interpretation of history, demonstrating anatomical features that are customary to drape shamefacedly.
Previously, the great Michelangelo offered his vision of the situation, who, although he avoided excessive detail, still could not resist and portrayed the couple right during unnatural interspecies intercourse.
Against the background of all this, the picture of Leonardo da Vinci seems to be just an illustration of Pushkin's fairy tales for elementary school students. On his canvas, everything has already happened and Leda, with a bored face, watches how completely healthy one-year-old babies hatch from the eggs she laid.
To us, this idyllic scene seems quite decent, but it was not always so. The paintings of the Renaissance masters were destroyed at the beginning of the 18th century by the aged mistress of Louis XIV, the Marquise de Maintenon, as indecent. Today we can see all this debauchery only thanks to later copies.
"Abandoned Doll"
The French artist Suzanne Valadon worked at the beginning of the 20th century. She is known as the author of many wonderful paintings, mostly glorifying the beauty of the female body in the most ordinary life situations. Despite the abundance of naked bodies on the artist's canvases, only one of Valadon's creations causes serious controversy among moralists.
The painting "Abandoned Doll" today could bring the author serious problems with pedophiles, but Valadon was lucky enough to die in 1938, thanks to which we can consider her creation a classic. The picture depicts a very young woman naked with breasts that have begun to form and a childish hairstyle with a bow.
History has not preserved a description of this canvas for posterity, but it is generally accepted that it depicts farewell to childhood. A woman with a towel is most likely a brothel owner, and a child is being prepared for a meeting with the first client in her life. The name of the picture was given by a doll lying on the floor, obviously symbolizing a broken fate. However, there are good-natured people who claim that a mother is depicted wiping her teenage daughter after bathing.
"The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus"
The great Dutchman Peter Paul Rubens, known for his beautiful canvases with ponderous beauties, in 1618 presented his “The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus” to the audience. At first glance, between the heroes of the picture there is a remote brawl without any sexual overtones.
But for those who are familiar with the Greek myth of the Dioscuri brothers, it is quite obvious that naked blondes are not at all in the mood for jokes. The second title of the masterpiece "The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" more accurately reflects the action in the picture.
In ancient history, the sons of Zeus and Leda (see the story of their strange birth above), Castor and Pollux, kidnapped the daughters of King Leucippus Gilaira and Phoebe and, according to the good old tradition bequeathed by their father, abused them. It all ended badly - everyone died.
"Monk in the Cornfield"
If you can expect anything from Rubens and Boucher, then Rembrandt, restrained and prone to religious subjects, surprised. Although, in principle, his small but masterfully executed drawing "A Monk in a Cornfield" still echoes the spiritual theme.
In the center of the composition, a Catholic monk and a certain lady are depicted, indulging in sin in a missionary position somewhere among agricultural lands. The piquancy of the plot is not even in the fact that the monk violates his vow of chastity, but in the man approaching from the left with a sickle, thanks to which the evening is about to cease to be languid.
"The imprudence of Kandavlus"
A painting by William Etty bearing a modestly neutral title, The Indiscretion of Candaules, depicts a completely indecent story from Herodotus' History. The full title of this canvas, painted in 1830, reveals all the ambiguity of the scene depicted on it: "Kandavl, king of Lydia, furtively shows his wife Giga to one of his servants when she lies down in bed."
It is difficult to say why the “father of history” decided to describe this semi-pornographic story in his work, but thanks to her, we got the term candaulism, which is difficult to pronounce even by experienced sexologists. The essence of this sexual deviation is the need to show your naked partner to strangers.
It is such a moment that Etty is depicted in the picture. King Kandavl decided to secretly show his wife Nisa to the bodyguard Giga, but his plan was revealed by a woman. Nisa demanded that Giga kill either her or her perverted husband, after which Kandavl was cynically slaughtered right in his bedroom.
"Avignon Girls"
From canvas "Avignon girls"» the brilliant artist Pablo Picasso begins his transition to cubism. It is known that the creation of the artist's painting was inspired by Paul Cezanne with his work "Bathers". Initially, Picasso called the painting "Philosophical Brothel" and many believe that the maestro depicted a scene from a brothel in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.
The painting depicts five naked ladies who are waiting for their clients in cheeky poses. We thought for a long time about whether to include this work in the list of spicy paintings. Simply put, if the geometric whores depicted on the canvas awaken immodest fantasies in you, then we have bad news for you. But you can’t throw away the words from the song, and the plot of the picture, for 1907, is still very defiant.
"Arab concubines market"
An excellent painting by French classic Jean-Leon Gerome, painted in 1866, depicts a scene in an Eastern slave market. A group of men in rich clothes are asking the price of a naked slave, checking, apparently, the correctness of her bite.
Jerome himself, no doubt, knew a lot about the slave markets and their regulars, as he adored the East and traveled more than once in those parts in search of inspiration. Contemporaries found "Arab Slave Market""A very defiant work and called the picture a hymn to the lustful domination of a man over a woman.
"Great Masturbator"
The great surrealist Salvador Dali adored indecent paintings, and only the manner of writing his paintings, which notably distorts the plot, saves us from his erotomanism. Here with work "Great masturbator“Not everything is so clear. Moreover, if not for the title, no one would have understood what this beautiful picture is about.
But, be that as it may, there is a clearly expressed sexual connotation in this canvas. The woman's face on the right side of the picture, almost resting on the male codpiece, irritated Dali's contemporaries and even caused condemnation. Well, no one knows what the master of surrealism depicted in the center of the canvas - perhaps the most unbridled debauchery is going on there.
"The Origin of the World"
Created in 1866 by Gustave Courbet, the picture with a simple everyday plot has not been exhibited for more than 130 years due to excessive anatomical accuracy. Moreover, even now, when it is, in principle, difficult to surprise visitors to the museum, a separate guard is assigned to this picture.
In 2013, good news appeared in the media - the second part of the picture was found, in which the face of the model is visible. A thorough study of the biography of the author and his inner circle made it possible to find out the identity of the lady. So, the unshaven crotch turned out to be the property of Joanna Hiffernan, the mistress of one of Courbet's best students, James Whistler. Here is such a touching story of reunion.
These are far from the only ones in the history of painting - at all times, the classics loved to wrap something like that, quite in the spirit of our liberated time.
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About the book
An indispensable guide to the technique of oil painting to get acquainted with a variety of genres: still life, portrait, landscape, nude and subject composition.
Many painters limit themselves to one genre. And artist and educator Greg Kreutz shares how multi-faceted skills can help you grow creatively. In each chapter there are basics that apply to a particular genre, and to others. The guide describes universal methods that will allow you to broaden your horizons, get out of the knurled rut and try yourself in a new genre.
In a step-by-step analysis of his works, Kreutz shows how the skills acquired in one genre help in another. A discussion of the theory and practice of oil painting will be a guide and source of inspiration for creating successful paintings.
From the author
Every painter knows this feeling. You stand in front of the easel, studying your work: there seems to be nothing wrong, but something is clearly wrong. The picture silently cries for help, but it is not clear what to do.
In my experience, when unknown forces drag a work into the gloomy depths and hinder all attempts to bring it back to life, it's time to get down to serious questions, discard everything superficial and dive into the essence - the basics.
What are the basics? Soon you will learn many common truths of oil painting, but they cannot be collected in an armful and thrown to a suffering painting. An artist in such a desperate situation needs the basics of the basics!
Fortunately, after 40 years of serious research, I was able to succinctly formulate them.
Accuracy: Make sure the subject is depicted as accurately as possible.
Composition: Organize your story into a dynamic composition.
Spatial depth: check how close and far objects are depicted convincingly.
Expressiveness: use expressive means actively.
Who is this book for?
A book for anyone who wants to improve their skills in oil painting.
about the author
Greg Kreutz is an artist and teacher at the Art Students League in New York, author of the classic textbook Problem Solving for Oil Writers. His work is featured in galleries in New York and other US cities. Engaged in painting and teaching for over 30 years, his master classes are popular in his homeland and in other countries as video lessons. Lives in New York.
Nude nature throughout the existence of fine arts has occupied a special place in it. This happens for several reasons, which we will indicate in the article below. It is immediately worth emphasizing that paintings by famous Soviet artists are presented and described here. Some of the names of the artists may be familiar to you, while others may be a real discovery for you, and you will want to get to know their work better.
Yuri Raksha - Dream
Nude painting, like sculpture, has existed at all times and in almost all countries. This is due to the fact that this type of image is practically fundamental. Any artist knows perfectly well that the image of the nude is the basis for the study of the human structure. Before learning how to correctly portray a person in clothes, in any form, pose and setting, you need to learn how to draw him completely naked. Behind this process, the novice artist learns to depict the correct proportions of the human body, as well as its various parts and nuances.
Zinaida Serebryakova - Bather Contrary to the judgments of those for whom painting is only beautiful pictures, the nude is not at all created in order to arouse the lower desires of man. Such painting represents or even sings of the beauty of the human body, its perfection, the extraordinary creation of nature or higher powers. Often, artists portray their characters precisely naked in order to show their naturalness and naturalness, their belonging to nature or even the divine world. A completely different effect, less significant, will be observed if the same characters are dressed in beautiful clothes, since objects that are created by human hands tear the character away from naturalness.
Alexander Deineka - Bathers Nude nature was also inherent in the artists of the Soviet period. In Soviet times, artists also created paintings with naked women, and this was never considered vulgar, since this is hardly acceptable in professional, serious and high art. Creating a picture, the artist is given more pure and deep ideas than just to amuse the viewer's desire to see something forbidden. Here you can see a series of works by Soviet artists to appreciate the talent and professionalism of painters of the recent past.
Alexander Gerasimov - Soviet public bath 
A. Zavyalov - Models on the background of draperies 
A. Olkhovich - Nude 
Alexander Samokhvalov - Nude 
Alexander Deineka - Model 
V. Arakcheev - Seated woman 
Vladimir Stozharov - Bath. Washing woman 
Michael of God - Nude 
Ilya Mashkov - Nude
Let's continue a new section, which I called "Retrospective". This section was opened by one of the recent publications,. It was an apocryphal biblical story, and today we will consider a canonical story.
40. Retrospective: Lot and his daughters
Many people are familiar with the biblical story about the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah and about the saved family of the righteous Lot, but still it is necessary to specify some details so that the plot we are considering becomes completely clear.
Lot was the beloved nephew of the forefather Abraham, who is considered the ancestor of all Jews (and not only), as well as the spiritual ancestor of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in each of which he is especially revered. Abraham had direct contacts with God, and one day God warned him about his intention to punish the city of Sodom, where Lot lived with his family, as well as the neighboring cities of the Sodom pentagon, as the inhabitants of this region were mired in extreme depravity. At the same time, if there were at least 50 righteous people there, then the Lord would have spared these cities. Abraham began to bargain, consistently reducing this figure to 10, and, apparently, calmed down on this, hoping that ten righteous people in five cities would somehow be found.
God sent two angels to Sodom with an inspection, and they, having taken the form of beautiful young men, appeared at Lot's house and explained to him the purpose of their visit. Meanwhile, almost the entire male population of Sodom had gathered at Lot's house. Lot went out to the crowd - they say, what do you need, why did you come? They replied that, they say, we saw how two handsome boys came to you - so, give them to us, and we will know them, otherwise you will be unhappy. Lot answered - I can’t, they are my guests - but you know what? - I have two daughters, girls - come on, I will give them to you, and you will leave here. But the public did not accept Lot's proposal, demanding that the young men be extradited.
Now there is a clear tendency, especially in foreign-language sources, to replace the concept of "sodomy sin" with something different from the generally accepted one. For example, in French, the word "sodomy" (in recent decades) has come to mean copulation with domestic animals. And some interpreters write so directly: the sin of the Sodomites was that they treated philanthropists badly (some girl was directly burned for her kindness), polluted the environment and, in general, probably offended minorities. For this, the Lord punished them. But we don't buy into these newfangled interpretations, do we? There is only one source: the book of Genesis. And there it is said that the angels appeared in the form of young men, and not, God forgive me, rams or donkeys. And nothing is said about the allegedly burned volunteer girl. So we will stick to the traditional version, which fully explains for what specific sins these cities were destroyed.
The events near Lot's house convinced the angels that the investigation and search for ten righteous people was superfluous, and everything is clear. As a preventive measure, they blinded everyone who had gathered near the house, and told Lot, they say, get ready, take your family, who do you have there? wife, daughters? do the daughters have suitors? - take the grooms, and get out of here, because we'll burn it all now. Lot, taking advantage of the fact that the adversaries who besieged his house were blind, quickly ran to the grooms of his daughters, but they did not believe him - they say that you, dad, have such fantasies, I suppose they went over the wine ... Well, as they say , would be an honor offered.
For some reason, it is generally accepted that only the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by heavenly fire. This is not entirely true. Together with them, the cities of Sevoim and Adma burned down. And only one city of the Sodom pentagon was not affected - Sigor, or Zoar. Not because there were still a dozen righteous people, but at the personal request of Lot, since it was there that he was going to flee with his family. Perhaps, indeed, morals in Sigor were not so spoiled - who can say for sure now.
The episode of the flight of Lot's family from Sodom is probably known to almost everyone - the angels told them not to look back at the burning cities, but Lot's wife turned around and turned into a pillar of salt. This moment is very important, because if this unfortunate incident had not happened, then we would not have a topic for today's conversation.
This dramatic moment is depicted in the picture that precedes the main selection. Raphael Santi (Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, 1483 - 1520, Italy)
Lot's flight from Sodom. Fresco of the loggia of Raphael in the Pope's Palace in the Vatican.
Here is another, later, engraving on the same subject.
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794 - 1872, Germany)
As you can see, the girls are dragging a whole bale of goods, with jugs and other utensils, and they probably put family savings in a bag - gold there, I don’t know, or silver - Lot was by no means a poor man. This is important for understanding subsequent events, where even pitchers will play a role.
Arriving with his daughters in Sigor, Lot realized that it was impossible to stay in the town. Really life threatening. It is understandable - panic reigned in the city, because it was perfectly visible there how the neighboring cities were burning, and the Fire of the Lord is not a domestic fire for you! And the mores of the inhabitants of Sigor were hardly very different from those of Sodom and Gomorrah, so the chance of being killed and robbed in the confusion created by the surviving family was very real. Therefore, Lot made a decision: let's retire to the nearby mountains for the time being, there are convenient caves there, and then we will see. And so they did: they found a more decent cave and hastily arranged their life there. The presence of the surviving Sigor nearby, apparently, rescued Lot and his daughters: somewhere they had to buy their own food, and they had a lot of money.
Some interpreters interpret the subsequent events something like this: Lot's daughters, they say, sincerely believed that there was no one else in the world but them, everything burned down, and everyone burned down, and therefore they are responsible for the continuation of the human race. Well, of course it's not. Sigor survived, they lived, apparently, very close, and, I repeat, they probably stocked up on provisions there. The people stayed there, and there were men - but you and I already know what the preferences of these men were. It is unlikely that Segor in this respect differed from Sodom - after all, the angels did not burn him only at the request of Lot.
So it turns out that the girls were worried about the continuation of not a human, but a kind. And they can be understood: their grooms were burned in the fire of Sodom, which continued to blaze in the sky, and in the only accessible city, the chance to find a groom is zero. “Our dad is still quite strong,” the girls apparently reasoned, “and he is certainly able to continue our family ... and who can contribute to this noble undertaking, if not us?” Moreover, one must understand that in those days the concept of "incest" did not really exist. Abraham, for example, married his half-sister, and Lot's sister, Milka, married her uncle - and nothing.
The girls' plan was this: to drink daddy with wine to insensibility - fortunately, they took the jugs with them, and you can buy wine in the city - of course, you yourself, too, for courage, drink, and lie down with him for the night, first the eldest, and then repeat all this with a younger sister. Well, in fact, they implemented their plan quite successfully for themselves, both became pregnant, and at the right time each gave birth to a son. One was named Moab, the other Ammon. From them came the Moabites and the Ammonites. and, by the way, the capital of Jordan is called Amman for a reason (and all these events took place just somewhere nearby) ... but this is still a completely different story.
Starting from the late Renaissance, and even from the High Renaissance, when the “taboo” on the image of a naked body somehow disappeared by itself, artists happily seized on the plot of Lot and Daughters. Perhaps, no less paintings have been written on this topic than about Susanna and the elders, although in the case of Susanna it was a hymn to piety, and in the case of the daughters of Lot ... this story, of course, with all its rational interpretations, still looks a bit, say yes, ambiguous. However, it is not for us to judge.
The paintings will be sorted, as always, by the years of birth of the artists who painted them. So, let's start watching.
Giacomo Palma the Elder, aka Palma il Vecchio (Palma il Vecchio, aka Jacopo Negretti, 1480 - 1528, Venice) 
Albrecht Altdorfer (Albrecht Altdorfer, circa 1480 - 1538, Germany)
Here Papa-Lot looks, unlike the previous picture, quite sane and aware of his actions...
Fragment of the painting 
Oh, damn it, well, we made porridge ...
Bonifacio Veronese (Bonifacio Veronese, 1487 - 1553, Verona - Venice)
Slightly strange version. Why do we need two cupids, I can still understand, but why is one of them wearing a mask?
And yes, it seems that the second daughter is sitting with a tablet and posting what is happening on Instagram ...
Lucas van Leyden, aka Luke of Leyden, aka Lucas Huygens (Lucas van Leyden, 1494 - 1533, the Netherlands)
And here it is not clear what kind of people on the hill are?
Georg Pencz (Georg Pencz, 1500 - 1550, Germany)
Well, yes, that's exactly what the ideals of beauty were then...
Jan Massys (Jan Massys, Matsys or Metsys, c. 1509 - 1575, Flanders - the Netherlands)
And here the girls look quite modern, especially the one on the left.
Andrea Meldolla, aka Schiavone (Andrea Meldolla, 1510 - 1563, Italy)
Frans Floris (Frans Floris, or rather Frans "Floris" de Vriendt, 1520 - 1570, the Netherlands) 
Here it is not so much Lot who looks drunk as the second sister. Bored, you see, and did not calculate, went over.
And here we see the figure of Lot's wife in the form of a pillar of salt, although in theory she should not be there. But it's a symbol...
Another version by Frans Floris 
And here father Lot is not at all old yet, he looks good. Although obviously podshofe.
And once again Frans Floris! 
Interestingly, it is Floris who is depicted as an unsympathetic terrifying person, but Lot's daughters are quite nothing to themselves.
Unknown artist of the 16th century, follower of Frans Floris
I like this picture, the images of the characters are well conveyed. Girls participate in the "party" without much enthusiasm,
but without disgust, they know what they are doing and why. The father, apparently, also understands everything perfectly.
Jacques de Backer (Jacob de Backer, 1555 - 1590, Flanders - the Netherlands)
Again we see a pillar of salt, which is actually near Sodom. We will love him again and again.
Agostino Carracci (Agostino Carracci, 1557 - 1602, Italy)
Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617, Netherlands)
The whole legend flies away... But how good is Goltzius!
And the fox is here. Directly Lars our von Trier breathed ...
And the legend flies because this company, which is depicted, they all understand everything perfectly, while they are positive, ironic, and don’t give a damn, like, play the fool, dear descendants with your interpretations. We do everything right and without any of your reflections.
Adam van Noort (1562 - 1641, Flanders)
Orazio Gentileschi (1563 - 1639, Italy)
Two paintings by Gentileschi depict the moment, apparently, the completion of the "banquet".
I believe that the daughters of Lot show one another the glow from burning cities - they say, that's all
the rest will burn too! And Sigor will burn! So - we did everything right, sister!
Joseph Heintz the Elder (Joseph Heintz der Altere, 1564 - 1609, Switzerland)
Abraham Bloemaert (1564 - 1651, Netherlands)
Old Lot, of course, was not so drunk and understood everything.
Lazarus van der Borcht (1565 - 1611, Flanders)
Do not forget: at every time there was an ideal of female beauty
Joachim Uttewael (Joachim Wtewael or Uytewael, 1566 - 1638, the Netherlands)
Well, Utteval is always good, regardless of the plot.
Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568 - 1625, the Netherlands)
Lot with his daughters against the backdrop of Sodom and Gomorrah 
Jan Muller (1571 - 1628, the Netherlands) 
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640, Flanders - the Netherlands)
Rubensovsky Lot is completely insane.
Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, aka Battistello (Battistello Caracciolo, 1578 - 1635, Italy)
Some interesting compositional idea with knees ...
Filippo Vitale (1585 - 1650, Italy)
Massimo Stanzione (1585 - 1656, Italy)
In the first picture of Stanzione - the beginning of the process of drinking Lot, and in the second - the party is already in full swing.
The girls are quite slender and look, one might say, in a modern way. However, Susanna looked similar to him.
Simon Vuet (1590 - 1649, France)
Unknown artist of the 17th century, follower of Simon Vouet
Guercino, aka Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 - 1666, Italy)
There is another version by the same artist:
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - 1653, Italy)
Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 - 1667, Netherlands)
The pillar of salt in both paintings by Pulenburg is, apparently, the image of the mother as a reproach to the girls. That's what they panicked in the second picture ...
Hendrick Bloemaert (1601 or 1602 - 1672, the Netherlands)
Francesco Furini (Francesco Furini, 1603 - 1646, Italy)
Andrea Vaccaro (Andrea Vaccaro, 1604 - 1670, Italy)
Girolamo Forabosco (1605 - 1679, Italy)
Pietro Liberi, aka Libertino (Pietro Liberi, 1605 - 1687, Italy)
Pietro Ricci (Pietro Ricci, 1606 - 1675, Italy)
Hendrick van Somer (1607 - 1655, Netherlands)
Lubin Bozen (Lubin Baugin, 1610 or 1612 - 1663, France)
Jacob van Loo (1614 - 1670, the Netherlands)
Unknown artist of the 17th century, Netherlands
Is the one on the right in good health?
Bernardo Cavallino (Bernardo Cavallino, 1616 - 1656, Italy)
These - they are somehow not quite so modern - rather Soviet.
Gerard Terborch (1617 - 1681, Netherlands)
Both the daughter and the father somehow look quite caricatured ...
Flaminio Torre (Flaminio Torre, 1620 - 1661, Italy)
Giovanni Battista Langetti (1625 - 1676, Italy)
Federico Servelli (Federico Cervelli 1625 - earlier 1700, Italy)
Jan Stan (Jan Havickszoon Steen, c. 1626 - 1679, the Netherlands)
Lot here is good! And the daughters are good too.
Pietro Negri (Pietro Negri, 1628 - 1679, Italy)
The second daughter for some reason remained behind the scenes
Luca Giordano (1634 - 1705, Italy) - two pictures
Gregorio de Ferrari (1647 - 1726, Italy)
Marcantonio Franceschini (1648 - 1729, Italy)
and another version of it:
Antonio Bellucci (Antonio Bellucci, 1654 - 1726, Italy)
Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654 - 1730, Austria)
Adrian van der Werff (Adriaen van der Werff, 1659 - 1722, the Netherlands)
Paolo de Matteis (Paolo De Matteis, 1662 - 1728, Italy)
Willem van Mieris (1662 - 1747, the Netherlands)
Frantisek Karel Remb (Francisek Karel Remb, 1675 - 1718, Slovenia)
Jean-Francois de Troy (1679 - 1752, France)
All three of them seem to be doing really well!
Jacopo Amigoni (1682 - 1752, Italy)
Frans van Mieris the Younger (Frans van Mieris II, 1689 - 1763, the Netherlands)
Unknown artist, late 17th - early 18th century, Russia
In the domestic version, Lot is completely decrepit, how did he cope with the task ...
Unknown artist of the 18th century
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805, France)
So Grez has no-mom-no-pull. How did they conceive children?
Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee (1725 - 1805, France)
Peter Jozef Verhaghen (1728 - 1811, Flanders - the Netherlands)
And the second version of Verhagen. The characters are quite recognizable.
Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747 - 1830, Germany)
Here, it seems, no one is complex, and everyone is happy.
William Blake (1757 - 1827, Great Britain)
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762 - 1844, Italy)
Samuel Woodford (1763 - 1817, Great Britain)
Francesco Hayez (1791 - 1882, Italy)
Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877, France)
Josef Worlicek (1824 - 1897, Czech Republic)
Domenico Morelli (1826 - 1901, Italy)
And on this the era of academicism in attempts to portray Lot and his daughters ended. But these attempts themselves - quite continued!
Konstantin Pavlovich Kuznetsov (1863 - 1936, Russia - France)
Mark Zakharovich Chagall (1887 - 1985, Russia - France)
Isaac Hirsche Grunewald (1889 - 1946, Sweden)
Otto Dix (1891 - 1969, Germany)
Renato Guttuso (1912 - 1987, Italy)
Ted Seth Jacobs (1927, USA)
Jacobs, like Guttuso, actually looks quite realistic.
David Becker (1940, Ukraine)
Tatyana Grigorievna Nazarenko (1944, Russia)
Lot and daughters - diptych 
Stefano Puleo (1950, Italy)
Daughters of Lot 
And at the end of today's anthology, I propose to return to the beginning of the story with Lot and his daughters: to the incident with the siege of Lot's house in Sodom. German artist Michael Hutter (1963) wrote the epic painting "Lot offers his daughters to the inhabitants of Sodom." We look. 
Large - a fragment where Lot, in fact, offers them. 
Here, we'll end here.
