The paintings were preserved because it could not be agreed what should be done with them, since the Calvinist Church order of the Reformed Creed introduced by Count Arnold II at Bentheim in 1588 forbade pictures and adornment in church rooms.
Maalid olid säilinud, kuna ei jõutud kokkuleppele, mida tuleks nendega teha, kuna krahv Arnold II poolt 1588. aastal Bentheimis sisse viidud reformitud usutunnistuse kalvinistlik kirikukord keelas pildid ja kaunistused kirikuruumides.