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Original – Rembrandt painted a scene from the Bible for this work: the moment at King Belshazzar's feast when God wrote that the regal hand had erred when using sacred vessels to blasphemously serve wine. The inscription reads "God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; your kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians", even though Rembrandt messed up the Hebrew, writing in columns, rather than right to left.
Reason
Excellent scan of superb painting
Articles in which this image appears
Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt) + 2 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt

Promoted File:Rembrandt-Belsazar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:54, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]