Rembrandt’s “Belshazzar’s Feast”
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6
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This 6 page report discusses the painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn (1606-1669) titled “Belshazzar’s Feast.” It tells the biblical story of a ruler of Babylon who holds a feast using articles stolen from the Jewish temple. During the party, an apparition appears and writes a cryptic message to the ruler and his guests on the wall. Rembrandt portrays a great although often forgotten biblical story in ways that would assure that its impact was felt in ways that might never have occurred in the process of religious instruction.
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