Belshazzar's Feast

Rembrandt van Rijn

c. 1636–1638 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Year: c. 1636–1638
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 167.6 × 209.2 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

A hand emerges from a cloud and writes on the wall while the king of Babylon twists round in alarm, wine spilling from the golden vessels his father looted from the Temple in Jerusalem. The story is from the Book of Daniel, and the words, Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, announce that Belshazzar has been weighed and found wanting. Rembrandt painted it around 1636 to 1638, when he was about thirty and establishing himself in Amsterdam as a painter of large Baroque histories. He took the form of the Hebrew letters from a book by his neighbour, the scholar and printer Menasseh ben Israel, but arranged them in columns rather than rows, which may be why the Babylonian wise men could not read them. The canvas was at Knowsley Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby, from 1736 until the National Gallery in London bought it in 1964, where it has become one of its most reproduced pictures.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; 16×12 and 24×18 and 32×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Belshazzar's Feast in the public domain?

Yes. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Belshazzar's Feast painted, and in what medium?

Belshazzar's Feast dates from c. 1636–1638 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 167.6 × 209.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt van Rijn) — Belshazzar's Feast · Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1636–1638. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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