A stone (Dutch: 'steen') falling from a mountain (Dutch: 'berg') 'touched by no man's hand' is about to fall on the clay feet of the great statue - a king with crown and scepter - of Nebukadnezar's dream; God represented as the sun inscribed with 'Deus' and a Jahweh-tetragram; a face symbolizes the winds; mountainous landscape with villages

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Simon (I) Steenberch — 1567×1

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A stone (Dutch: 'steen') falling from a mountain (Dutch: 'berg') 'touched by no man's hand' is about to fall on the clay feet of the great statue - a king with crown and scepter - of Nebukadnezar's dream; God represented as the sun inscribed with 'Deus' and a Jahweh-tetragram; a face symbolizes the winds; mountainous landscape with villages

DEUS (LA); λιθόσ (EL)

Iconclass notations

11C13 tetragram (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father

11C15 (rays of) light ~ symbol of God the Father

22C31 radiance emanating from persons or things

24A81 sunbeams

25H11 mountains

25H1124 boulder, stone

25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village

26A clouds

31A221 head (human)

31B6241 cheeks rounded

44B113 king

44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty)

44B192 sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty)

48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

49L8 inscription

71P1211 the statue is broken into pieces by a stone ~ King Nebuchadnezzar's dream