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 a red cloth. But Ham, the third son, laughs when he see his father. Origins The work refers to Genesis 9:20–23 References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070612155806/http://www.musee-arts-besancon.org/ 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