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Description: | The subject of this painting is a great feast mentioned in the Old Testament (Daniel 5), which the Babylonian King Belshazzar held for his courtiers, wives and concubines. The king and his court are shown seated around a table in front of an open Corinthian colonnade. Golden vessels stolen from the Temple in Jerusalem were used at the feast and these can be seen to the left of the composition. The king's attention is drawn to the apparition of a hand which wrote an enigmatic inscription predicting his defeat that same night. | Subjects: | animal (dog); figure; religion (Belshazzar's Feast); buildings and gardens; interior; still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Fontebasso, Francesco (Italian painter and printmaker, 1707-1769) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8542... | Go to resource |
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