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Lot and his family fleeing Sodom [print].

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 044
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 44, 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 at upper center.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 113 x 79 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Lot guided by the angel at left, followed by his daughters and wife carrying their possessions at right.
Classification
Department