The Allegory of Faith
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The Allegory of Faith, also known as The Allegory of the Catholic Faith, is a Dutch Golden Age painting by Johannes Vermeer from about 1670–1672. It has been in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Y
Johannes Vermeer, Allegory of the Catholic Faith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vermeer's Art of Painting
Johannes Vermeer
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he wa
The Allegory of Faith
…The Allegory of Faith, also known as The Allegory of the Catholic Faith, is a Dutch Golden Age painting by Johannes Vermeer from about 1670–1672. It has been in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1931. This and The Art of Painting are his only works that fall…
Detail of the painting The Procuress (c. 1656), believed to be a self-portrait by Vermeer
Replica of the St. Luke Guildhouse on Voldersgracht in Delft
A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654, by Egbert van der Poel
View of Delft (1660–1661): "He took a turbulent reality, and made it look like Heaven on earth."