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DÜRER, Albrecht: Lot Fleeing with his Daughters from Sodom

🖼 Lot Fleeing with his Daughters from Sodom, c. 1498
Oil and tempera on panel
52 × 41 cm
Washington, USA

Frantic movement dominates this woodcut as Lot and his daughters flee Sodom's destruction, their bodies twisted in urgency against billowing flames and collapsing architecture. Dürer's intricate line work captures biblical catastrophe with unprecedented dramatic intensity, establishing the woodcut as a major fine art medium in Northern Renaissance printmaking.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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