Where Is Belshazzar's Feast? Museum Location

Q: What story does this depict?

The biblical tale from Daniel where a mysterious hand writes prophecy during Belshazzar's feast, predicting Babylon's fall.

Q: Where can I see this painting?

The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut displays this work.

Q: What is the biblical scene depicted?

It shows the Old Testament story where mysterious writing appears on the wall during King Belshazzar's feast, foretelling the fall of Babylon. John Martin was famous for apocalyptic, vast-scale biblical paintings.

John Martin completed this dramatic scene from the Book of Daniel. King Belshazzar's feast is interrupted by a supernatural hand writing a prophecy of doom on the wall. Martin fills the canvas with vast architecture and tiny terrified figures.

Martin specialized in apocalyptic biblical scenes with overwhelming scale. Lightning illuminates the great hall as chaos erupts among the revelers. The work hangs at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.

The biblical tale from Daniel where a mysterious hand writes prophecy during Belshazzar's feast, predicting Babylon's fall.

The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut displays this work.

It shows the Old Testament story where mysterious writing appears on the wall during King Belshazzar's feast, foretelling the fall of Babylon. John Martin was famous for apocalyptic, vast-scale biblical paintings.

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