Drunkenness of Noah [SEP] creator
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.
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
Putti Bearing a Tondo showing the Drunkenness of Noah
Putti Bearing a Tondo showing the Drunkenness of Noah is a 1522-1523 painting by Domenico Beccafumi. It was recorded in the Medici inventories in the 17th century and derives from an incomplete composition now in the Monte dei Paschi's collections in Siena. The work is now in the Museo Horne.
Bibliography.
- Anna Maria Francini Ciaranfi, Beccafumi, Sadea Editore/Sansoni, Firenze 1967.
- Elisabetta Nardinocchi (a cura di), Guida al Museo Horne