Balthasar van der Ast specialized in painting flowers, and, like other flower painters he used existing drawings to inform his lush bouquets.

The environment minister, Balthasar Kambuaya, said that the government had identified 14 companies suspected of starting fires.

Daniel, a Jewish captive at the court of King Balthasar of Babylon, interprets mysterious writing on the wall as foreshadowing the king’s overthrow.