Belshazzar's Feast
Rembrandt · 1636
Why it's great
A king and his guests are frightened by a glowing hand that writes a mysterious message on the wall in the middle of a feast. Rembrandt painted it in about 1636, and the words, in Hebrew, say that his reign is over.
Where to see it
📍 National GalleryCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606 and moved to Amsterdam in 1631, where he became the most famous painter in Holland. He painted portraits, Bible stories and over eighty self-portraits, and went bankrupt later in life. He died in Amsterdam in 1669.
