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King Nebuchadnezzar and the Adoration of the Golden Image
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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King Nebuchadnezzar has had a golden statue erected and ordered everyone to bow down to it. At the sound of the trumpet, a crowd bows before the statue. A man tells the king, on the balcony on the left, that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow. The three men are taken captive in the middle of the background. Far on the right, a furnace is being stoked to burn anyone who does not bow. Below the image, a Latin reference to the biblical text in Daniel 3.
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Credit lineKoning Nebukadnessar en de aanbidding van het gouden standbeeld. 1579. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
