# Allegory of Religion [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NEER, Eglon van der]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 26 x 20 cm ## Commentary Eglon van der Neer employed a polished style in depicting this moralistic allegory, encouraging the viewer to choose the path of true faith. Depicted in the orb of faith are various scenes from the life of Christ including the Road to Calvary. They were intended as examples to follow. A painting at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan forms the companion piece to this work. In that work Van der Neer depicted wicked worldly pleasures, such as dancing and smoking. ## Related artworks - [A Lady Drawing]() - [Children with a Cage and a Cat]() - [Elegant Couple in an Interior \(detail\)]() - [Elegant Couple in an Interior]() - [Family Portrait]() - [Lady Playing a Lute]() - [Pastoral Landscape]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [The Fainting Fit]() - [The Penitent Magdalene]() - [The Reader]() - [Woman Washing Her Hands \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()