School of LUCA GIORDANO (Naples, 1634 - 1705); Naples, 17th century. "Lot and his daughters". Oil on canvas. Re-coloured. It presents slight faults. Measurements: 125 x 187 cm. The daughters of Lot are four women, two persons without name that are described in the book of Genesis and other two, including Paltith, in the book of Jasher.only two daughters are mentioned in Genesis 19, while Lot and his family are in Sodom. Two angels arrive in Sodom and Lot shows them hospitality. However, the men (and boys) of the city gather around Lot's house and demand that he give them the two guests to meet them. Genesis 19: 4-5 In response, Lot offers the mob his two daughters instead, pointing out that they are virgins. The mob rejects Lot's offer, and the angels strike them with blindness, then warn Lot to leave the city before it is destroyed. Luca Giordano, the most outstanding Neapolitan painter of the late 17th century, and one of the leading representatives of the late Italian Baroque.a painter and engraver, known in Spain as Lucas Jordán, Giordano enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, both in his native Italy and in our country. However, after his death his work was often criticised for its speed of execution, which was at odds with the Greco-Latin aesthetic. It is thought that he trained in the circle of Ribera, whose style he initially followed. However, he soon travelled to Rome and Venice, where he studied Veronese, whose influence is evident in his work. This trip was key to the maturing of his style, as were the influences of other artists such as Mattia Preti, Rubens, Bernini and, above all, Pietro da Cortona. In the late 1670s Giordano began his large-scale mural decorations (Montecassino and San Gregorio Armeno in Naples), followed from 1682 onwards by other projects, including the mural paintings in the gallery and library of the Palazzo Medici Ricardi in Florence. In 1692 he was called to Madrid to paint murals in the monastery of El Escorial, where he worked from 1692 to 1694. He then painted the office and bedroom of Charles II in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, and after these he undertook the paintings of the Casón del Buen Retiro (ca. 1697), the sacristy of Toledo cathedral (1698), the royal chapel of the Alcázar and San Antonio de los Portugueses (1699). However, royal commissions ceased with the arrival of Philip V in 1701 and the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, and Giordano returned to Naples in 1702, although from there he continued to send paintings to Spain. Giordano's works are now to be found in the most important art galleries throughout the world, including the Prado, the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the Louvre in Paris, the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, the Metropolitan in New York and the National Gallery in London. Dimensions 125 x 187 cm.