Rembrandt-Belsazar.jpg
Summary
Rembrandt : Belshazzar's Feast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q5598
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Title |
Belshazzar's Feast
label QS:Lit,"Il festino di Baldassarre"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Festin de Balthazar"
label QS:Lpl,"Uczta Baltazara"
label QS:Lla,"Convivium Balthasaris"
label QS:Lcy,"Gwledd Belsassar"
label QS:Lfi,"Belsassarin pidot"
label QS:Len,"Belshazzar's Feast"
label QS:Lnl,"Het feestmaal van Belsazar"
label QS:Les,"El festín de Baltasar"
label QS:Lde,"Das Gastmal des Belsazar"
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
According to Daniel 5:1-31, King
Belshazzar
of Babylon takes sacred golden and silver vessels from the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. Using these holy items, the King and his court praise 'the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone'. Immediately, the disembodied fingers of a human hand appear and write on the wall of the royal palace the words
"MENE", "MENE", "TEKEL", "UPHARSIN"
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Depicted people | Belshazzar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | circa 1635-1638 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 167.6 cm (65.9 in); width: 209.2 cm (82.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,167.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,209.2U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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Current location |
room 24
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Accession number |
NG 6350
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Object history |
by 1736
date QS:P,+1736-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1736-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (1689-1776), Knowsley Hall, Knowsley
by 1964
date QS:P,+1964-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1964-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (1919-1994), Knowsley Hall, Knowsley
1964: purchased by National Gallery, London |
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Exhibition history |
Rembrandt. Sextiosex bilder från utställningen i Nationaluseum
, Nationalmuseum,
Stockholm
, 12 January 1956–15 April 1956, cat.
no.
15.
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Credit line | Purchased by the National Gallery with support of The Art Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Traces of signature and date:
Rembrand [.] / 163[.]
top right:
מנה / מנה / תקל / ופר / סין
In Latin script "Mene / Mene / Tekel / Uphar / sin". Written from top to bottom, in rows from right to left.
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References |
National Gallery Online Catalog
, as
Belshazzar's Feast
, circa 1636-1638, height: 167.6 cm (65.9 in); width: 209.2 cm (82.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,167.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,209.2U174728
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RKDimages, Art-work number 48717 , as Het feestmaal van Belsazar (Daniël 5:1-6) , circa 1635
date QS:P,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(1634-1636), height: 167 cm (65.7 in); width: 209 cm (82.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,167U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,209U174728
Web Gallery of Art
, as
Belshazzar's Feast
, circa 1636
date QS:P,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 168 cm (66.1 in); width: 209 cm (82.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,168U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,209U174728
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Source/Photographer | www.nationalgallery.org.uk : Home : Info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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