Destruction of the Five Cities (Lot and his Daughters Fleeing Sodom) (Milan)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | ca. 1595 |
Dimensions | 26.4 x 35.6 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Collectors/patrons | Federico Borromeo |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #210 Ertz 1979, #25 |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Collection | Ambrosiana |
Accession numbers | inv. #75/28 |
Tags | Traveling, Bridge, Castle, Ruins, Borromeo, Coast, Fire, Harbor, River, Burghers, Angels, Old Testament |
Distant copy formerly art market, Paris (photo RKD)
Title "Destruction of the Five Cities" is from Borromeo's 1618 codicil but the scene clearly represents Lot and His Daughters. Landscape incorporates Italian motifs.