CELESTI, Andrea (b. 1637, Venezia, d. 1712, Venezia) Feast of Belshazzar 1705 Oil on canvas, 157 x 203 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The scene illustrates chapter 5 of the Old Testament Book of Daniel. Belshazzar, King of Babylon, gave a great feast at which wine was drunk in the golden and silver vessels looted by his father Nebuchadnezzar, from the temple in Jerusalem, and 'gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone...which see not, nor hear, nor know' were praised while God himself was not glorified. And there 'came forth fingers of a man's hand and wrote...u
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CELESTI, Andrea (b. 1637, Venezia, d. 1712, Venezia) Feast of Belshazzar 1705 Oil on canvas, 157 x 203 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The scene illustrates chapter 5 of the Old Testament Book of Daniel. Belshazzar, King of Babylon, gave a great feast at which wine was drunk in the golden and silver vessels looted by his father Nebuchadnezzar, from the temple in Jerusalem, and 'gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone...which see not, nor hear, nor know' were praised while God himself was not glorified. And there 'came forth fingers of a man's hand and wrote...u