Rembrandt: Belshazzar's Feast
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Artist |
Rembrandt
(1606–1669) |
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Alternative names |
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn |
Description |
Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
15 July 1606 |
4 October 1669 |
Location of birth/death |
Leiden |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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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" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Depicted people |
Belshazzar |
Date |
circa 1635-1638 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788 |
Current location |
room 24 |
Accession number |
NG 6350 |
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 1964date 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.
Art in the making: Rembrandt, 12 October 1988–17 January 1989, National Gallery, London, Cat.no. 7.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–24 May 1992, Cat.no. 22.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 37.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 23.
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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. |
Notes |
According to Daniel 5:1-31, King Belshazzar of Babylon takes sacred golden and silver vesselsfrom 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" |
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 . RKDimages, Art-work number 48717, as Het feestmaal van Belsazar (Daniël 5:1-6), circa 1635date 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 1636date 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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