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The Foolish Virgins

(French, 1604–1676)
about 1635-1660
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 27.7 x 33.9 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 26.6 x 32.5 cm (10 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB2157
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, in the lower margin, the title "Die 5. Thörichten Jungfrauen." and a 24-line poem in German
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900
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