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An Angel Calling the Virgins (from The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgin series, plate 2 of 4)

(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
(Netherlandish, active Antwerp 1563 – 1573)
about 1567-70
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.9 × 25.1 cm (8 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 21.2 × 25.5 cm (8 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number63.531
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower right: 2; and in lower margin, lower left to lower right: EXORITUR CLAMOR CVM IAM NOX ALTA SILERET SPONSVS ADEST, PROPERATE CITÆ, ET OCCURRITE EIDEM
ProvenanceMay 8, 1963, puchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 8, 1963)