Drunkenness of Noah
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters.
Max Resolution:1000×622 PX
Title:Drunkenness of Noah
Artists:Giovanni Bellini
Date:c.1515
Style:High Renaissance
Genre:religious painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France
Dimensions:103×157 cm
Copyright:Public domain
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.
Noah is sleeping naked. The Cup and the bunches of grapes (on the foreground), and the vineyard (in the back) suggests that Noah is drunk. These three 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 naked.
The work refers to Genesis 9:20–23
Noah is sleeping naked. The Cup and the bunches of grapes (on the foreground), and the vineyard (in the back) suggests that Noah is drunk. These three 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 naked.
The work refers to Genesis 9:20–23