Lot and his Daughters

The painting is one of the early works after Rubens' return from Italy. The picture space is entirely dominated by the figures that are set in the fore-ground. The scene shows the daughters inebriating Lot in order to have themselves been made pregnant by him (Gen. 19, 30-38). Rubens decided not to show the father as a victim of female seduction. Instead he shows a bearded but forceful man that is actively reaching out for the young woman next to him.