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伯沙撒的盛宴-安东尼奥·乔尼玛
~ The Feast of Belshazzar (1697–1732) --Antonio Gionima (Italian, 1697-1732)
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贝尔沙撒的盛宴,1636年-伦勃朗
-In his great dramatic painting, Rembrandt tells a story from the Old Testament. The man in the gold cloak, enormous turban and tiny crown is Belshazzar, King of Babylon. His father had robbed the Temple of Jerusalem of all its sacred vessels. Using these to serve food at a feast, as Belshazzar does here, was seen as sacrilege. In the middle of the party, a clap of thunder came as a warning. God’s hand appeared from a cloud and wrote in Hebrew script: ‘You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.’ Within hours, Belshazzar was dead.