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The Wise and Foolish Virgins

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock that has been cut for printing
DimensionsBlock: 7.1 x 1 cm (2 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession numberM25447
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceNovember, 1914, sold by Dr. Martini, New York, to the MFA for $30. (Accession Date: November, 1914)
Christ Appearing to the Virgin Mary
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
late 15th or 16th century
Unidentified artist, American, 20th century
Thomas Bewick
1790
Thomas Bewick
1818
Thomas Moran
Auguste Edouart
1841
Giuseppe Maria Moretti
late 17th–early 18th century
Giuseppe Maria Moretti
late 17th–early 18th century
Reliquary (covered box)
Late 6th–7th century A.D.
Group shot: 2012.931.1-2
Unknown maker
about 1700-1710