The historical and literal content behind these paintings are of fear and repentance political and church relations. one must know a bit about the political systems between church and country within the Baroque timeframe. During the 1550s to the 1650s many countries in Europe were fighting off the infamous Thirty Years’ War that resulted in the fall and rise of new congregations: Protestants vs. Catholics vs. Calvinism. This is known as the Counter-Reformation period in which various European countries were introduced into new forms of religious beliefs even though Protestants, Catholics and Calvinist were all similar in many ways (sort of like cousins). these fights on what the people should and should not believe would have only been acknowledged if these religions were to be placed into the political system in order to gain greater attention and recognition from the church and From political leaders.