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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Belshazzar’s Feast

🖼 Belshazzar’s Feast, c. 1636
Oil on canvas
168 × 209 cm
London, United Kingdom

A king recoils in terror as a divine hand writes judgment across a palace wall, rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro with rich golds and deep shadows. This biblical scene captures spiritual reckoning through Baroque theatricality, establishing Rembrandt's mastery of psychological intensity and moral drama.

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