Art, literature & historyLot and His Daughters
1748
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.2 × 27.7 cm (8 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.); Plate: 22.6 × 27.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 28.5 cm (9 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.611
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Lot and His Daughters — Joseph-Marie Vien. 1748.
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image: 22.2 × 27.7 cm (8 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.); Plate: 22.6 × 27.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 28.5 cm (9 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Joseph-Marie Vien made two etchings of this subject, both in 1748. The first was after his own painted copy of Jean-François de Troy's 1745 painting. In this second, more personal version of the subject, Vien suppressed the erotic elements of the earlier composition. He brought greater weight and dignity to the subject, showing Lot's seduction by his daughters in a realistic fashion.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.