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Giovanni Bellini / Drunkenness of Noah

Drunkenness of Noah

1515 · Oil on canvas

MovementRRenaissance
LocationBesançon, France
Genrereligious art
Dimensions103 × 157 cm

Why it matters

Noah sleeps naked beside a cup and grapes. Shem and Japheth avert their eyes and cover him with a red cloth, while Ham laughs at his father.

Did you know?

  • It was finished around 1515.
  • The story comes from Genesis 9.
  • It is in Besançon.

Based on the Wikipedia article Drunkenness of Noah (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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