# Triumph of Faith: Neptune

- By: Maarten van Heemskerck (Heemskerk, 1498–1574)
- Date: c. 1550 - c. 1560
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: grisaille
- Dimensions: height 46 cm (painted surface) x width 14 cm (painted surface)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3514--7d5ec677c2341445f43cbfdb2bde96ca)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/nyVtL/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Neptune, recognizable by his trident and the seahorse, was the mighty god of water and the sea. Heemskerck placed him in the set devoted to the triumph of faith. After all, water plays an essential role in baptism, the moment of initiation in the Christian faith. The threedimensionality of this figure is particularly successful: his right hand really seems to project out of the panel.