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Wise Virgin, Profile to the Right (from a Wise and Foolish Virgins series, 1 of 10 woodcuts)

(German (Switzerland), about 1484–1530)
1518
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsOther (woodcut border): 18.4 x 10.6 cm (7 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 23.3 x 14.2 cm (9 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP18992
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsDated in block, right of torch: .1.5.1.8.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
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