William Blake 1757 – 1827
Nebuchadnezzar
copper-plate (45 × 62 cm) — 1795
This work is linked to Daniel 4:33
| (단 4:33) | 바로 그 때에 이 일이 나 느부갓네살에게 응하므로 내가 사람에게 쫓겨나서 소처럼 풀을 먹으며 몸이 하늘 이슬에 젖고 머리털이 독수리 털과 같이 자랐고 손톱은 새 발톱과 같이 되었더라 |
This is a copper engraving coloured with pen, ink and water colour.
In the 1790s William Blake made a series of prints on oppression. one of them was about the great Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar.
Nebuchadnezzar had a dream he did not understand so he asked his jewish advisor Daniel to explain it. Summarized Daniel said he would be punished, and the punishment would end after seven years when he would acknowledge the supreme power in heaven.
Lo and behold: so it happened. Nebuchadnezzar became an outcast who was reduced to animal state. He ate grass, got claws like a bird, and his hair became like an eagle's feathers. After seven years he looked up to heaven and praised the almighty - and immediately he returned to his old human state.
Jacopo Guarana 1720 – 1808
Daniel in the Lions' Den
oil on panel — 1757
This work is linked to Bel and the Dragon 1:36
36 Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and bare him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den.
This is the apocryphal version of the story of Daniel in the Lions' Den. The prophet Habakkuk is told to bring food to Daniel, who is in the lions' den of Babylon. Habakkuk is willing to help, but he has never been to Babylon. Then an angel takes him by his hair and brings him to the den.
Daniel had been thrown into the den by an angry mob because he had killed the dragon they adored.
Guarana made this painting for the Chiesa di San Francesco in Udine. It is now in the city's museum.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669
Belshazzar's Feast
oil on canvas (168 × 209 cm) — ca. 1635/39
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography
This work is linked to Daniel 5:5
| (단 5:5) | ○그 때에 사람의 손가락들이 나타나서 왕궁 촛대 맞은편 석회벽에 글자를 쓰는데 왕이 그 글자 쓰는 손가락을 본지라  욥20:5, 시78:30, 잠29:1 |
The Chaldean ruler Belshazzar organizes a feast and uses the silverware his ancestor Nebuchadnezzar stole from the temple in Jerusalem. During the feast a hand appears that writes on the wall. Belshazzar consults his experts to discover the meaning of the writing, but to no avail. only Daniel can read it – according to Rembrandt and a rabbi he consulted because the words were written vertically.
This writing is indeed the writing on the wall – the very next day the sacrilegious king is struck dead.
The meaning of the writing is explained at the end of Daniel 5.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669
Daniel's Vision
oil on canvas (98 × 119 cm) — ca. 1650
Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography
This work is linked to Daniel 8:17
| (단 8:17) | 그가 내가 선 곳으로 나왔는데 그가 나올 때에 내가 두려워서 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드리매 그가 내게 이르되 인자야 깨달아 알라 이 환상은 정한 때 끝에 관한 것이니라 합/2:3 |
Daniel has just had a horrifying vision of a ram fighting a goat. In this painting Rembrandt shows how an angel comforts the young prophet by explaining the vision.
Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
Daniel in the Lions' Den
oil on canvas (224 × 330 cm) — 1615
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
This work is linked to Daniel 6:23
| (단 6:23) | 왕이 심히 기뻐서 명하여 다니엘을 굴에서 올리라 하매 그들이 다니엘을 굴에서 올린즉 그의 몸이 조금도 상하지 아니하였으니 이는 그가 자기의 하나님을 믿음이었더라 |
Daniel had been thrown into the lions' den because he continued to pray to his own god, even though king Darius had forbidden it. one day later the king came to inspect the lions. As the stone covering the den was rolled away, Daniel thanked God for letting him live. When the king saw Daniel still alive, he immediately set him free.
Pieter Aertsen 1507/08 – 1575
The Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace
oil on panel (113 × 84 cm) — c. 1552
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
This work is linked to Daniel 3:6
| (단 3:6) | 누구든지 엎드려 절하지 아니하는 자는 즉시 맹렬히 타는 풀무불에 던져 넣으리라 하였더라 |
During the Babylonian exile, the Jews are required to worship statues of their monarch, Nebuchadnezzar. Three men refuse. As a result they are thrown into a burning furnace, which they somehow manage to survive.
The episode is described in Daniel 3:6 and in the apocryphal Additions to Daniel: Prayer of Azaria and Song of the Three Holy Children in the Furnace.
Pieter Aertsen made this work when the Netherlands, like other parts of Europe, were in deep religious turmoil and emotions were running high against the worshipping and adoration of images and statues.
During the subsequent 1566 iconoclasm, vast numbers of paintings in churches were destroyed.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669
Daniel in the Lions' Den
drawing with pen and brush (22 × 18 cm) — ca. 1652
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography
This work is linked to Daniel 6:17
| (단 6:17) | 이에 돌을 굴려다가 굴 어귀를 막으매 왕이 그의 도장과 귀족들의 도장으로 봉하였으니 이는 다니엘에 대한 조치를 고치지 못하게 하려 함이었더라 애3:53, 마27:60 |
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The Persian King Darius is tricked into delivering a ukase, demanding that all requests be made to the king himself and not to anyone else. Next, the conspirators find the young Jew Daniel, much loved by the king, in prayer. They tell the king, who regretfully cannot depart from his ironclad rule - his law of Medes and Persians. Daniel is thrown to the lions, with only his god to turn to for help, as Darius suggests.
The lions never give Daniel a second look. Next morning, King Darius is free to relieve Daniel from the lion's den. He realizes his decree was nonsensical, and has his conspirators and their wives and children thrown to the lions instead. This time, the lions are waiting…
You can tell Rembrandt's fascination with the felines from the intricate detail he uses for the lions. The king, looking down through the bars, on the other hand, is only roughly drawn.
Later Daniel was to be thrown into a pit with lions a second time, by king Cyrus. Perhaps this drawing shows that episode.
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