Where Is Daniel Interpreting the Writing on the Wall?

Q: Who created this biblical illustration?

Gustave Doré, renowned for his dramatic biblical imagery You can see it at Private Collection. The prophet interprets the divine warning foretelling the king's doom.

Q: Where is this work?

You can see it at Private Collection in Unknown, Unknown. Gustave Doré created it. The prophet interprets the divine warning foretelling the king's doom.

Q: What is the writing on the wall?

In the Book of Daniel, mysterious words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" appear during Belshazzar's feast, foretelling Babylon's fall. Doré illustrated this dramatic biblical scene for his 1866 Bible.

Gustave Doré illustrated the biblical scene of Daniel reading the mysterious writing that appeared on King Belshazzar's wall. The prophet interprets the divine warning foretelling the king's doom.

Doré was famous for his dramatic biblical illustrations. This work is in a private collection.

Gustave Doré, renowned for his dramatic biblical imagery You can see it at Private Collection. The prophet interprets the divine warning foretelling the king's doom.

You can see it at Private Collection in Unknown, Unknown. Gustave Doré created it. The prophet interprets the divine warning foretelling the king's doom.

In the Book of Daniel, mysterious words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" appear during Belshazzar's feast, foretelling Babylon's fall. Doré illustrated this dramatic biblical scene for his 1866 Bible.

Daniel Interpreting the Writing on the Wall

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