Allegory of the Catholic Faith, ca. 1670?72, Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 in. (114. 3 x 88. 9 cm), Paintings, Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632?1675 Delft), In this atypical painting the artist employed a more abstractive style to suit the intellectual subject. The emotive figure of Faith with 'the world at her feet' (according to Ripa?s compendium of allegories) casts her eyes to Heaven, symbolized by a glass sphere