Titian's Pastoral Scene
A Unique Rendition of Lot and His Daughters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10415427 |
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| Authors | Ruth Mellinkoff (Los Angeles City College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 829-863 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2901747 |
| OpenAlex | W2037377257 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Titian's drawing called Pastoral Scene or Landscape with a Sleeping Nude and Animals is no ordinary landscape, its unordinariness underscored by an unusual combination of elements, which I maintain reveals a new and unique version of Lot and His Daughters. I contend that the large, naked woman in the right foreground is one of Lot's daughters; the two small figures resting or sleeping beneath the trees are Lot and his other daughter; the thatched houses in the middle left represent the little town of Segor where Lot first fled; the sheep represent livestock that Lot brought out of Sodom, as do the boar and goat; the boar and goat, however, also serve as symbols of lust and lechery; and the distant city with burning buildings in the city's right quarter is Sodom. Titian's inventiveness created an iconographic variation of an ancient theme
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| Highly cited | No |
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