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The Wise Virgins Received By the Bridegroom (from The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgin series, plate 4 of 4)

(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
(Netherlandish, active Antwerp 1563 – 1573)
(Netherlandish, about 1538/39–1617)
about 1567-70
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21.2 × 25.6 cm (8 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number63.533
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower left: 4 [in reverse]; in lower margin, lower left: QVÆ VIGILES SESE THALAMIS SPONSOQVE PARARVNT/ACCIPIT HAS SPONSVS, EPVLISQVE ACCVMBERE DONAT.; and lower right: AT STVLTÆ EMPTRICES TANDEM REDIERE REPVLSAM/PASSVRÆ, SVRDASQVE FORES CLAMORIBVS OPPLENT.
ProvenanceMay 8, 1963, puchased from Craddock & Barnard (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 8, 1963)