According to Daniel 5:1-31, King Belshazzar of Babylon takes sacred golden and silver vessels from 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"
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: Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (1689-1776), Knowsley Hall, Knowsley
innen 1964
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: Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (1919-1994), Knowsley Hall, Knowsley
1964: purchased by National Gallery, London
Utstillingshistorikk
Rembrandt. Sextiosex bilder från utställningen i Nationaluseum, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 12. januar 1956–15. april 1956, kat. no. 15. Art in the making: Rembrandt, 12. oktober 1988–17. januar 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. desember 1991–1. mars 1992, National Gallery, London, 26. mars 1992–24. mai 1992, Cat.no. 22. Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24. februar 2006–18. juni 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 37.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15. oktober 2008–6. januar 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 23.
Opphav
Purchased by the National Gallery with support of The Art Fund
Inskripsjoner
Traces of signatur og dato:
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øverst til høyre:
מנה / מנה / תקל / ופר / סין
In Latin script "Mene / Mene / Tekel / Uphar / sin". Written from top to bottom, in rows from right to left.
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Rembrandt's depiction of the biblical account of King Belshazzar seeing a hand writing the words "mene, mene, tekel, upharsin" on a wall.
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El festín de Baltasar de Rembrandt, hacia 1635-1638