Lot and His Daughters

Lot and His Daughters by Joseph-Marie Vien

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.5 × 28.2 cm (9 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 25.2 × 29.4 cm (9 15/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2013.13.8

About the Artist

Joseph-Marie Vien · 17161809

Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809) was born on 18 June in Montpellier, France, into a modest family, emerging as a child prodigy in painting. As a protégé of the Comte de Caylus, he entered the studio of Charles-Joseph Natoire at an early age, honing his skills in history painting. Winning the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1743, Vien traveled to Italy in 1744, spending six formative years in Rome studyin...

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