Lot and His Daughters

The disturbing story of Lot and his family is reccounted in the Book of Genesis. After witnessing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot's daughters, fearing that the family would die out, plied the old man with wine and seduced him. In a dark cave, one daughter holds a large metal wine-vessel with a handle in the shape of a male torso. Lot, old and bearded, turns amorously to the other daughter and places his hand on her shoulder while holding a goblet full of wine. She leans back and stretches out her hand towards the goblet as if urging her father to drink, her drapery falling away to reveal her breasts.