# In Front of Noah's Ark \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/castiglione-giovanni-benedetto-rc45ce563bc496a>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Noah arranges the entry of the animals, which have assembled in two lines parallel to the picture plane. Curiously they consist only of European indigenous animals, many of them domestic.

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- [Circe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/castiglione-giovanni-benedetto-rc45ce563bc496a/circe-r8c71d025375806>)
- [Circe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/castiglione-giovanni-benedetto-rc45ce563bc496a/circe-rc6de7b48841c94>)
- [In Front of Noah&#39;s Ark](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/castiglione-giovanni-benedetto-rc45ce563bc496a/in-front-of-noahs-ark-rde40ebfac34e78>)
- [Jacob Leading the Flocks of Laban](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/castiglione-giovanni-benedetto-rc45ce563bc496a/jacob-leading-the-flocks-of-laban-r7da16ea6ef9026>)
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## Attribution

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