Title: Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Object type: Painting
Date: ca. 1670–72
Artist:  Johannes Vermeer 
Artist bio: Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Interiors, term: Apples, term: Women, term: Snakes, term: Christ, term: Globes