# The Allegory of Faith \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERMEER, Johannes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The glass ball which hangs from the ceiling was borrowed by Vermeer froom Willem Heinsius&#39; book of emblems; it was described there as a symbol of man&#39;s power of reason. The large Crucifixion on the back wall is by Jacob Jordaens.

## Related artworks

- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-r684f0674985c50>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-rc621429db1ac53>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-detail-rd3374240eb4504>)
- [A Lady and Two Gentlemen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-and-two-gentlemen-r062aea6ed76976>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-r9706f1271601eb>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-rb96800ee53ca02>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-detail-rde069462af8974>)
- [A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-at-the-virginals-with-a-gentleman-r6dd12d50e67ae3>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r1e54078b525221>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r7350fbc7abf618>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-r92c3cbf386e024>)
- [A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vermeer-johannes-re69097dde706b3/a-lady-drinking-and-a-gentleman-detail-rc065147b3264c1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)