Belshazzar’s Feast
E3968
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belshazzar’s feast | 2 |
| Belshazzars feast and the writing on the wall | 1 |
| Belshazzar’s Feast (Rembrandt) | 1 |
| Fall of Belshazzar | 1 |
| Walton Belshazzar’s Feast | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artist |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| artisticStyle |
dramatic chiaroscuro
ⓘ
tenebrism ⓘ |
| basedOn | Biblical story of Belshazzar’s feast ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator |
Rembrandt van Rijn
ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| culturalContext | Protestant Dutch interpretation of Old Testament story ⓘ |
| depicts |
Belshazzar
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Belshazzar’s Feast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Belshazzar’s feast
divine inscription ⓘ handwriting on the wall ⓘ |
| depictsTime | reign of Belshazzar ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| hasMoral | warning against pride and impiety ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
Belshazzar’s Feast
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Belshazzar’s Feast (Rembrandt)
|
| iconography |
banquet table laden with food and drink
ⓘ
royal crown ⓘ sacred vessels from the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptionDepicted | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Belshazzar
ⓘ
supernatural writing on the wall ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Babylon ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
depiction of sudden terror
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dramatic lighting ⓘ expressive facial expressions ⓘ rich costumes ⓘ |
| period | 17th century art ⓘ |
| portrays | moment of appearance of divine inscription ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Babylonian courtiers
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women at the banquet ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | announcement of impending fall of Babylon ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| setting | royal banquet ⓘ |
| theme |
apocalyptic warning
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divine judgment ⓘ hubris ⓘ sacrilege ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fall of Belshazzar
subject surface form:
Book of Daniel
this entity surface form:
Belshazzars feast and the writing on the wall
this entity surface form:
Belshazzar’s feast
this entity surface form:
Belshazzar’s feast
this entity surface form:
Belshazzar’s Feast (Rembrandt)
this entity surface form:
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast