The Allegory of Faith

The Allegory of Faith presents a woman seated in a softly lit interior, wearing a blue gown with white sleeves, her posture calm as she rests one hand on her chest and the other on a table. A globe under her foot, an open book, a chalice, and a cross on the table, with a crucifixion scene in a dark background panel, frame the composition beside a richly patterned curtain and a checkered floor. The painting uses a restrained palette of blues, whites, and earth tones, with meticulous detail in the fabrics, reflective surfaces, and quiet, measured light characteristic of Vermeer’s late Dutch Baroque realism.