Apr 26
Belshazzar's Feast
Artist: John Martin (British, 1789-1854)
Date: 1826
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Description
Belshazzar's Feast is a biblical story where King Belshazzar of Babylon profanes sacred vessels from the Jerusalem Temple during a banquet. A ghostly hand writes a doom-laden message on the wall ("MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN"), which the prophet Daniel interprets as the fall of Babylon due to pride. The king is killed that same night
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