Credo

This piece is one of a series of twelve oil paintings on copper depicting scenes from the Prayer of the Apostles' Creed. They were produced in Amberes by Counter-Reformation workshops that developed in the late 16th and 17th centuries. According to their iconography, they would have been modelled on the engravings of Marteen de Vos, one of the most prominent Flemish painters of the 16th century. These works illustrated the fundamental beliefs of Catholicism in three areas: the one that speaks of God the Father and creation, the one dedicated to God the Son and redemption, and the one that focuses on God the Holy Spirit.

Due to their location in the sacristy, it is possible to determine that these panels were not intended to illustrate the general public, but were intended for the clergy, who used the sacristy in preparation for the celebration of mass.