The Flood of Noah (Genesis 7:11-24)

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Artist: William de Brailes
Date: c. 1250
Holding institution: Walters Art Museum
Palette: Faded Verdure · Green family · #6B835A · 47%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #846632 · 13%

Pine Needle · Green family · #253021 · 13%

Pine Needle · Green family · #3B4B32 · 10%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4D633F · 10%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #9A9E68 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #82753C · 2%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #864C2A · 1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #6D7663 · <1%

Orpiment Flash · Yellow family · #EFCE66 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #94842E · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5E645A · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4E675C · <1%

Turmeric Lake · Yellow family · #DCA428 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #252C2D · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #37353B · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #414C4E · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #0C401D · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Walters Art Museum

11 tags

Bible Story Metadata · 99%

The catalog title explicitly identifies the subject as “The Flood of Noah (Genesis 7:11-24),” a biblical narrative.
Disaster Both · 98%

The title identifies the Flood, while the image shows animals and terrain surrounded by extensive flowing, wave-like forms.
Animals Visual · 98%

Numerous outlined animal forms, including quadrupeds and birdlike figures, fill the middle and lower portions of the composition.
Water Visual · 96%

Repeated curving and horizontal wave motifs extend across the lower and middle registers, visually establishing water.
Landscapes Visual · 90%

The scene is organized around stylized hills or pointed natural forms, layered terrain, and water rather than an interior or architectural setting.

Medieval Art Both · 97%

The catalog dates the work to about 1250, and its illuminated manuscript format is characteristic of medieval art.

Dense Composition Visual · 97%

Animals, terrain, water, contour lines, and decorative edging occupy nearly the entire vertical picture field.
Linear Forms Visual · 95%

Dark, emphatic contour lines define the animals, terrain, waves, and pointed natural forms throughout the miniature.

Manuscript Metadata · 99%

The canonical classification identifies the work as “Manuscript or decorative art,” and the image is a painted narrative miniature within a decorated page.
Gold Leaf and Gilding Visual · 83%

Reflective gold-colored areas are visible in the upper background and along the lower edge of the miniature, consistent with gilded decoration.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog date is given as c. 1250, placing the work within the 1000–1400 CE period.

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