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The Wise Virgins Rising and Trimming Their Lamps (from The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgin series, plate 3 of 4)

(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
(Netherlandish, active Antwerp 1563 – 1573)
about 1567-70
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21.1 × 25.4 cm (8 5/16 × 10 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number63.532
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower left: 3; in margin, lower left to right: PRVDENTES SVRGVNT ALACRES, APTANTQVE LVCERNAS. AT STVLTIS IAM CONSIDPTO EXTINGVNTVR OLIVO
ProvenanceMay 8, 1963, puchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 8, 1963)
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife
Harmen Jansz. Muller
about 1566