Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand III with an Allegory of War and Peace

Portrait of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, holding a sword in one hand and an imperial orb in the other, standing on a pedestal. Around his portrait is an allegorical representation of war and peace. Under the statue sits blindfolded Justice (Justitia) with a sword, while a putto holds her scales. On the left, a man with a stone tablet presents war. On this side of the scene, putti play with weapons, and in the background landscape, war rages and fires burn. On the right, a man with a stone tablet presents peace. Putti play with musical instruments, because in times of peace the arts flourish. In the landscape, hunting and plowing take place. In the sky, putti fly with stone tablets on which laws are engraved. Two putti point to a scale on the sun, which can turn from day to night.