17th-century Dutch Master
"Belshazzar's Feast"
Oil on panel
75 x 100 cm
The episode is depicted in which a hand appeared at the court of the Babylonian King Belshazzar and wrote three words in Aramaic: Mene, Tekel, Peres. Counted, Weighed, Divided.
According to the interpretation of the prophet Daniel:
Counted: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
Weighed: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
Peres: Your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
