Loth and his daughters

The most recent restoration of the painting revealed the signature of Andrea Casali, one of the most important Roman painters of the Rococo era. Previously in the inventory of the Spedale della Misericordia hospital, the work was attributed to the Florentine school, later the relaxed and decorative characters of the figures led Marchini to place the artist in the Roman or Neapolitan school. It was also thought that it could be placed close to the production of Benedetto Luti, a Florentine painter who trained in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca. This work can therefore probably be dated around 1740, at a time before the painter travelled to England, where he worked with great success among the English nobility. Casali has produced numerous replicas of the same biblical subject.