Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633 - Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel - fine art print

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When King Cyrus of Persia, seen at the center, asked his confidant Daniel why he does not worship the deity Bel, whose lower half can be seen in the shadows, Daniel replied that he worshipped a living god, not an idol. The king insisted that Bel was a living god and pointed to the offerings of food and wine that Bel consumed every night. Cautiously, Daniel noted that bronze statues do not eat. Cyrus was momentarily bewildered, but the worried faces of the priests in the background confirm that Daniel has exposed their deception. This story of Daniel's dramatic exposure of the king's idol-worship derives from the apocryphal portion of the Book of Daniel. Light illuminates the figures of Cyrus and Daniel, highlighting their dramatic encounter. Rembrandt contrasted the king's grandeur with Daniel's humility. Facing out and gesturing toward the table, the lavishly attired Cyrus appears large and imposing. By contrast, the youthful Daniel seems small, and his posture suggests modesty or submissiveness before his ruler. Rembrandt evoked the exotic mystery of a pagan cult by showing only part of the monumental idol emerging from the flickering lamplight on the right. Inside the shadowy temple, light catches and reflects off the extravagant finery worn by Cyrus and the gold vessels placed atop the velvet tablecloth.

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In the year 1633 the male Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn made this piece of art "Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel". The painting was painted with the dimensions of 23,5 × 30,2 cm (9 1/4 × 11 7/8 in). Oil on panel was used by the artist as the medium of the masterpiece. This artpiece can be viewed in in the digital collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. With courtesy of: The J. Paul Getty Museum (public domain license).Creditline of the artwork: . The alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with a side ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter Rembrandt van Rijn was an artist from the Netherlands, whose style was mainly Baroque. The Baroque painter was born in the year 1606 in Leiden and passed away at the age of 63 in the year 1669.

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