Drunkenness of Noah explained

Drunkenness of Noah
Artist:Giovanni Bellini
Year:about 1515
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:103
Width Metric:157
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Besançon
Museum:Musée des Beaux-Arts

Drunkenness of Noah is a painting by the Italian artist Giovanni Bellini. It was finished about 1515. It is kept in the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Besançon, France.

Composition

Noah is sleeping naked. The cup and the bunches of grapes next to him, and the vineyard in the background, suggest that Noah is drunk. Three of his sons are represented at his side. Shem and Japhet (left and right) avert their eyes and cover their father with a red cloth. But Ham, the third son, laughs when he see his father.

Origins

The work refers to Genesis 9:20–23

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