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The Feast of Belshazzar
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The feast of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, with his courtiers and women. Belshazzar, seen from the back at the head of the table, sees a writing hand appear. On the table stand the stolen cups and plates from the temple of Jerusalem. Top right trumpeters stand on the balcony. Below the image a reference in Latin to the biblical text in Dan. 5:5. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFeestmaal van Belsassar. 1643. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.