The Drunkenness of Noah
About this artwork
In the Old Testament book of Genesis, Noah, after the flood, planted a vineyard and made wine. One day he drank too much and was found slumped in a stupor, semi-naked, by his three sons. They brought a cloak to cover him up, averting their gaze so they would not see him naked. Cavallino was one of the most accomplished painters in seventeenth-century Naples, specialising in the production of easel paintings of this kind for private clients.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Bernardo Cavallino (1616 - about 1656) Italian
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title:The Drunkenness of Noah
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date created:About 1640 - 1645
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:103.50 x 79.00 cm; Framed: 124.60 x 99.80 x 11.20 cm
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credit line:Collection of The Earl of Wemyss and March on long term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland, 2014
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accession number:NGL 001.14
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Bernardo Cavallino
Bernardo Cavallino
Cavallino was one of the most original and refined Neapolitan painters of the mid-seventeenth century, notable among his contemporaries for his relatively high-keyed palette. His career is not well documented and there are few signed and dated works. He is said to have been a pupil of the talented...