Lot and His Daughters

Lot and His Daughters — Lucas van Leyden. 1530.

Medium: engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 18.8 x 24.4 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Few Old Testament stories are more morally charged than that of Lot and his daughters. After fleeing the city of Sodom, Lot’s wife disobeyed God and looked back at the city and was turned into a pillar of salt. Believing that they were the last humans on earth, Lot’s two daughters conspired to intoxicate their father with wine to conceive children with him. Lucas van Leyden’s interpretation takes license with the episode’s moral impropriety, doubling down on its erotic content by showing the daughters as naked temptresses and Lot, much younger than described, overwhelmed with desire.

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.