# Abraham and Lot Divide the Land

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz.](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 48 x 60 cm

## Commentary

The subject of this painting is the story told in Genesis 13:5-13, in which Abraham and Lot separate, as a result of the quarrel among the shepherds. The dispute ends in peaceful way, in which Abraham concedes a handful piece of the Promised Land, which belongs to him, in order to resolve the conflict peacefully.

## Related artworks

- [David and Abigail](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/david-and-abigail-ra2b8c63eed0ad4>)
- [Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianitic](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/moses-ordering-the-slaughter-of-the-midianitic-r7e2d620abe12e3>)
- [Triumph of Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moeyaert-claes-cornelisz-r9178459557501d/triumph-of-bacchus-rd913f00b1b8c25>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)