There is little biographical data known of Christian Stöcklin except that he worked primarily in Frankfurt after leaving his native Switzerland. His oeuvre was almost exclusively of church interiors, some of which are kept in German museums, including the GemŠldegalerie of Dresden. Stöcklin followed the tradition established in the seventeenth century by Pieter Neefs and in spite of the different periods, Stöcklin's works have mistakenly been attributed to Neefs.

Our composition is charming in its neat and precise presentation, bathed in a bright and clear light. The marble statue of a female saint in a architectural niche at the left foreground greets the viewer before his eye is lead through the space between the tiled floors and the design of the ceiling echoed above. It is conceivable that the statue may represent St. Helena who was an empress and with her son, Constantine the Great, ruled over Constantinople. St. Helena is always depicted as elegantly dressed, wearing a crown or other head-dress and holding a scepter, as is the statue of a saint in our painting.