Why it matters
A woman in white and blue satin rests her foot on a globe and her hand on her heart, gazing up at a glass sphere. With The Art of Painting it is one of Vermeer's only two history paintings.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1670–1672.
- A tapestry is pulled aside on the left, as in The Art of Painting.
- It has been in the Metropolitan Museum since 1931.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Allegory of Faith (CC BY-SA 4.0).
