The Allegory of Faith ☷ Vermeer ☰ Canvas Add a Float Frame:No cypresses and wheat fields when

cypresses and wheat fields when he had permission to venture outside the walls

The man is unsuccessfully attempting to summon a collie standing in the yard

described as "the first major oil painting

elbow on a table with two books and the medicinal herb foxglove

The Allegory of Faith ☷ Vermeer ☰ Canvas Add a Float Frame:No cypresses and wheat fields whenThe Allegory of Faith (1672) by Johannes Vermeer, also known as Allegory of the Catholic Faith, is rich in symbolism, sharing several elements with The Art of Painting, both differing greatly in style and purpose from his other works that depict everyday scenes. Allegory depicts a woman in a white and blue satin dress with gold trim, her right foot on a terrestrial globe and her right hand on her heart, as she looks up at a glass sphere hanging from