The Candle is Lighted, We Cannot Blow Out

The central figure is Martin Luther, surrounded by both contemporary and historical Protestant reformers.

Often the first part of the text is pointing towards the bible, on which the light of the candle is shining, and the second part of the text is somewhat hidden under the puffs of breath coming from the Catholic objectors.

In this engraving-painting pair showing 16 reformers and 6 theologians, the men sitting around the table are identified as A John Wycliffe, B Jan Hus, C Jerome of Prague, D Ulrich Zwingli, E Martin Luther, F John Oecolampadius, G Martin Bucer, H John Calvin, I Philip Melanchthon, K Peter Martyr Vermigli, L John Knox, M Matthias Flacius, N Heinrich Bullinger, O Hieronymus Zanchi, P Theodore Beza, and Q William Perkins.

In this engraving-painting pair the same scene is depicted, but the "historical theologians" are in circular portraits and in the painting, the Dutch text has been overpainted.

In this engraving-painting pair showing 15 reformers, the men standing around the table are identified as Heinrich Bullinger, Hieronymus Zanchi, John Knox, Ulrich Zwingli, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Martin Bucer, Jerome of Prague, and William Perkins.