Eserleri
- Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft), Oil on canvas.
- The Allegory of Faith, also known as Allegory of the Catholic Faith, is a Dutch Golden Age painting by Johannes Vermeer from about 1670–1672.
- File:Allegory of the Catholic Faith - Painting of Vermeer, with frame.jpg.
- Allegory of the Catholic Faith is a Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting created by Johannes Vermeer from 1670 to 1672.
- Vermeer converted to Catholicism before his marriage, and his painting, which includes a table laden with chalice, missal, and crucifix, may also refer to the...
- The emotive figure of Faith with "the world at her feet" (according to Ripa’s compendium of allegories) casts her eyes to Heaven, symbolized by a glass sphere.
- Although the composition of the Allegory of Faith is clearly based on Vermeer's celebrated Art of Painting, it lacks, at least to the modern eye...
- Vermeer had converted to Catholicism at the time of his marriage, and this work may have been commissioned by a Catholic institution.
- This work shows Vermeer's ability to visualize complex meaning and it differs in both style and purpose from his other paintings.
- Caption: Johannes Vermeer, Allegory of Catholic Faith, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. c. 1670- 1674 Oil on canvas 114.3 x 88.9 cm.
