Die nederig koning

King Nebuchadnezzar crouches in the field with wild hair, overgrown nails, and a torn animal-like covering, his hands clasped as he looks upward in broken humility. Beside him stands the banded stump from his dream, a visible sign that his kingdom was cut down yet preserved by God’s decree. The scene portrays the judgment recorded in Daniel 4, when the proud ruler of Babylon was driven from human society until he learned that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. His humbled posture turns the story from royal arrogance to repentance, making the artwork a vivid teaching image on pride, divine sovereignty, chastening, and restored worship.