Belshazzar’s Feast

E3968

biblical painting painting

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.

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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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ dramatic lighting ⓘ expressive facial expressions ⓘ rich costumes ⓘ
period	17th century art ⓘ
portrays	moment of appearance of divine inscription ⓘ
portraysCharacter	Babylonian courtiers ⓘ women at the banquet ⓘ
portraysEvent	announcement of impending fall of Babylon ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
setting	royal banquet ⓘ
theme	apocalyptic warning ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ hubris ⓘ sacrilege ⓘ
workTitleLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cleanness → containsEpisode → Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Belshazzar

Daniel → containsStory → Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Daniel

this entity surface form: Belshazzars feast and the writing on the wall

Belshazzar’s Feast → depicts → Belshazzar’s Feast self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belshazzar’s feast

Belshazzar → event → Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belshazzar’s feast

Belshazzar’s Feast → hasTitleVariant → Belshazzar’s Feast self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belshazzar’s Feast (Rembrandt)

Rembrandt van Rijn → notableWork → Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ

Westminster Symphonic Choir → repertoireIncludes → Belshazzar’s Feast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walton Belshazzar’s Feast