Lot and His Daughters

Antoine Pesne (1683-1757) was a French painter who became the court painter of Prussia and was known for the elegantly composed portraits and historical paintings that make him one of the most important painters of the Prussian Rococo. Lot and His Daughters from 1756 depicts the biblical subject of Lot and his daughters in the elegantly composed, richly colored manner that distinguishes Pesne's best work from the more general painting of his contemporaries. As court painter to Frederick the Great, Pesne produced the elegantly composed portraits and historical paintings that are among the most important works of the Prussian Rococo.

Lot and His Daughters is important in the history of Prussian painting because it demonstrates the elegantly composed, richly colored manner that Pesne brought to biblical subjects as one of the most important painters of the Prussian Rococo. Pesne's elegantly composed paintings—produced as court painter to Frederick the Great—represent one of the most important traditions in Prussian Rococo painting, and the 1756 painting shows this tradition at its most elegantly composed.

Lot and His Daughters is Pesne's elegantly composed Prussian Rococo: the biblical subject rendered in the richly colored manner of the court painter to Frederick the Great and one of the most important painters of the Prussian Rococo. The 1756 painting shows the elegant composition and rich color that make Pesne one of the most important Prussian Rococo painters.