Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Allegory of Faith (Allegorie op het geloof) 1670–1672 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Lacemaker (De kantwerkster) 1669–1670 Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 24 x 21 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The motif of the lacemaker at work is traditionally a sign of domestic virtue, tinged with religious moralism (the…
Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): The Middle-Class Gentleman (1670) • Molière (1622-1673): The Magnificent Lovers (1670) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): La Giustizia disarmata (c.1670) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Aeneas and the Sibyl (c.1670) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release…