Drunkenness of Noah

The Drunkenness of Noah is an oil on canvas painting from about 1515 by the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini, measuring roughly 103 by 157 centimetres and held today at the Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie in Besancon, France. It illustrates the biblical account in Genesis 9:20 to 23, showing Noah asleep and naked after drinking wine, surrounded by grapes and a cup, while his three sons react in different ways: Shem and Japheth avert their eyes and cover their father with a red cloth, while Ham looks on and laughs. The painting renders the lesson of the story about filial honor and shame through the contrasting gestures and expressions of the sons, and is counted among the late religious narrative works of Bellini. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/