1636, Rembrandt van Rijn, Belshazzar's Feast -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: At a feast, Belshazzar, King of Babylon, serves wine in precious vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5: 1-5; 25-28). A divine hand appeared and wrote in Hebrew: 'God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.' That very night Belshazzar was killed.
1636, Rembrandt van Rijn, Belshazzar's Feast -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: At a feast, Belshazzar, King of Babylon, serves wine in precious vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5: 1-5; 25-28). A divine hand appeared and wrote in Hebrew: 'God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.' That very night Belshazzar was killed.