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Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt)

Belshazzar's Feast
ArtistRembrandt
Yearc. 1635-1638
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions167.6 cm × 209.2 cm (66.0 in × 82.4 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

Belshazzar's Feast is a major painting by Rembrandt now in the National Gallery, London.[1] The painting is Rembrandt's attempt to establish himself as a painter of large, baroque history paintings.[2][3] The date of the painting is unknown, but most sources give a date between 1635 and 1638.[4][1]

  1. ^ a b "Belshazzar's Feast". The National Gallery.
  2. ^ "The description of the painting on The National Gallery website". Nationalgallery.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ "painting fear". The National Gallery. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ Bruyn, J.; Haak, B.; Levie, S.H.; van Thiel, P.J.J.; van de Wetering, E. (2013). A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1635–1642. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 132. ISBN 9789400908116.

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