Belshazzar's Feast, Rembrandt, circa 1635-1638

According to daniel 5:1-31, king belshazzar of babylon takes sacred golden and silver vessels from the jewish temple in jerusalem by his predecessor nebuchadnezzar. Using these holy items, the king and his court praise 'the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone'. Immediately, the disembodied fingers of a human hand appear and write on the wall of the royal palace the words "mene", "mene", "tekel", "upharsin". Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1635-1638. Dimensions: height: 167.6 cm (65.9 in); width: 209.2 cm (82.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Belshazzar. Collection: National Gallery. Rembrandt-Belsazar