The Justified Man Put to the Test and the Death of Man

Two biblical allegories in architectural framing. To the left Man, who is helped by the personifications of Faith, with cross and chalice, Hope, pointing upwards, and Patience. The personification of Persecution, with a sword, is held back by Patience. Man is pulled by his leg by the Old Adam, his old sinful nature. To the right Man dies the Sweet Death, who stands behind him as a skeleton with a scythe. Next to Man stands a preacher, who reads to him from the Gospel. In the foreground a coffin. The representation depicts how man is saved by faith. Below both representations a four-line verse in Dutch and a four-line text in Latin. Number 23 and 24 from a Reformation series on the sinfulness and justification of man.