Drunkenness of Noah


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

is sleeping naked. The Cup and the bunches of grapes, and the vineyard suggests that Noah is drunk. These three sons are represented at his side. Shem and Japhet 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