Rembrandt's source for this painting is from the Old Testament Book of Daniel which tells of a banquet Belshazzar , King of Babylon , gave for his nobles . At this banquet he blasphemously served wine in the sacred vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the temple in Jerusalem.
Rembrandt shows the moment when a divine hand appeared and wrote on the wall a phrase only Daniel could decipher : The interpretation reads : " God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought to an end , you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting , your kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians " That very night , Belshazzar was slain .
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
'Belshazzar's Feast ' Rembrandt van Rijn ( Dutch 1606 - 1669 ) Oil on canvas Circa 1636 )
Rembrandt's source for this painting is from the Old Testament Book of Daniel which tells of a banquet Belshazzar , King of Babylon , gave for his nobles . At this banquet he blasphemously served wine in the sacred vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the temple in Jerusalem.
Rembrandt shows the moment when a divine hand appeared and wrote on the wall a phrase only Daniel could decipher : The interpretation reads : " God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought to an end , you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting , your kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians " That very night , Belshazzar was slain .
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