Rembrandt - Das Gastmahl des Belsazar

1635 öl 1.68 x 2.09 m National Gallery London

The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar looted the Temple in Jerusalem and has stolen the sacred

artefacts such as golden cups. His son Belshazzar used these cups for a great feast where the hand of

God appeared and wrote the inscription on the wall prophesying the downfall of Belshazzar's reign.