Hope (Spes)

In the center stands a winged female figure on an anchor, with a laurel wreath on her head. She is sowing wheat and pointing to heaven. Before her a man digging a hole with his spade among the thistles to hide his earthly treasures (vessels and coins). Behind her a woman harvesting the grain. In the foreground two naked children. In the background the repentant King David, kneeling in prayer in a wooden shed. Top left Christ on a rainbow in the clouds, worshipped by Mary and John. Top right an angel with a skull in his hand in the clouds. With an inscription of four columns, each with four lines of Latin and four lines of Dutch. Second print from a series of four allegories on Faith. Third print from a series of Allegories on the Virtues and Faith.