897807 The Sacrifice and Euphoria of Noah, 1446-8 (fresco) by Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475); 27.7x54 cm; Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Collection of frescoes kept in the cloister bays (the frescoes form a series of rectangular and horizontally organised \'paintings\' surmounted by a bezel). Two of the compositions are attributed to Uccello. In this example, the scene depicts the Great Flood and the water retreatin, Sem and Japhet couver their father with clothing (to the right) while Cham reads Noah with contempt. The other fresco shows the Creation of the Animals and of Adam which surmounts the Creation of Eve and of Original Sin. The frescoes were taken off the wall in 1940 and are now kept at the Santa Maria Novella Museum.).