A late work that, although commissioned by a Protestant, must have been created based on precise symbolic and doctrinal references. Indeed, the seated female figure representing Faith raises her eyes to heaven with an inspired expression, placing her right foot on a globe, symbolizing the earthly world, and raising her right hand to her heart, symbolizing the strength of faith itself. Her left arm, meanwhile, rests on a small table that, acting as an altar, holds a holy book, a chalice, and a crucifix. Hanging on the wall, a large crucifixion by the contemporary Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens can be glimpsed, a veritable painting within a painting.
Finally, in the foreground, a stone (symbol of Peter and, metaphorically, of the Catholic Church) crushes the head of the serpent that symbolizes the devil, while further to the right the nibbled apple alludes to the original sin of Adam and Eve.
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