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Lot refusing to hand over the angels to the men of Sodom [print].

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 043
Creator
Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502- designer, engraver.
Published
[Germany : s.n.] 1555.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 43, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted onto leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
One of a series of four prints by the artist illustrating the history of Lot.
Signed with monogram and dated on a tablet at lower right.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 114 x 82 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Lot standing in front of a door, pulled to the right by one of the angels, as two Sodomites accost him at left
Classification
Department