That version, which shows this man next to some gold drinking vessels, was inspired by John Martin's treatment and was painted by Washington Allston.
In multiple Romantic treatments of this man, columns are decorated with a motif in which a snake coils around the pillar. A thunderstorm and the planet Astarte behind some clouds can be seen in an outdoor depiction of this man that shows hundreds of people on three different stories of his mile-long palace. Gilbert Stuart told the artist of another depiction of this man that the perspective was wrong, so that artist destroyed the canvas and spent 25 years working on-and-off on another depiction. That version, which shows this man next to some gold drinking vessels, was inspired by John Martin's treatment and was painted by Washington Allston. In a Baroque painting, this man wears a richly brocaded cloak over his under-robe and has a white turban as his open hand hangs over the head of a woman in red who almost drops a jug of liquid. In that version, this man gazes at an ethereal, disembodied hand. For 10 points, name this Biblical character whom Rembrandt showed looking at the Writing on the Wall.
In multiple Romantic treatments of this man, columns are decorated with a motif in which a snake coils around the pillar.
Belshazzar [accept Belshazzar's Feast]