“Belshazzar’s Feast is a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn created in about 1635. The source for the painting is the story of Belshazzar and the writing on the wall in the Old Testament Book of Daniel. […] According to Daniel 5:1-31, King Belshazzar of Babylon takes sacred golden and silver vesselsfrom the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. Using these holy items, the King and his court praise ‘the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone’. Immediately, the disembodied fingers of a human hand appear and write on the wall of the royal palace the words “MENE”, “MENE”, “TEKEL”, “PARSIN” (or “UPHARSIN” in a slightly different interpretation of the word).” (Wikipedia)