Engraved banquet scene with richly dressed men at a table, a hanging candelabrum, a tall pillar, and partly legible wall inscription at upper left.

Belshazzar's Feast, woodcut banquet scene with wall inscription

A fine engraved banquet scene shows richly dressed men seated and standing around a table laid with goblets, a dish and a candlestick. At the upper left, a hanging candelabrum and a partly legible inscription run along the wall beside a tall pillar, while a turbaned figure and a plumed-hat man lean in at the centre.

Artist: Christoffel van Sichem (II) (mentioned on object)
Date: 1645-1646
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 1080 × 1378 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1646.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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