Domenico Beccafumi
Putti Holding a Tondo Depicting the Drunkenness of Noah, 1522-1523, oil on panel
In this work, recorded in the Medici inventories since the 17th century, Beccafumi repeats a similar composition left unfinished, which is found in the Monte dei Paschi di Siena collection. Variously dated by scholars between 1518 and 1523, this painting is probably to be included among the works of the master from the beginning of the third decade of the 16th century. The scene with the Drunkenness of Noah, on the other hand, is from a later date and is to be referred to an unidentified Tuscan painter.
