''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
Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzer ...
, 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
Shem (; he, שֵׁם ''Šēm''; ar, سَام, Sām) ''Sḗm''; Ge'ez: ሴም, ''Sēm'' was one of the sons of Noah in the book of Genesis and in the book of Chronicles, and the Quran.
The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lu ...
and
Japhet
Japheth ( he, יֶפֶת ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; el, Ἰάφεθ '; la, Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunk ...
(left and right) avert their eyes and cover their father with a red cloth. But
Ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term "ham ...
, the third son, laughs when he see his father.
Origins
The work refers to
Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...
9:20–23
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070612155806/http://www.musee-arts-besancon.org/
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1515 paintings
Paintings by Giovanni Bellini
Paintings depicting Noah
Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon
Food and drink paintings