The Five Foolish Virgins Are Not Received by the Bridegroom, from the series The Wise and Foolish Virgins

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Theodorus Schrevelius (author)
,
Jan Saenredam (engravers (printmakers))

Date

1606

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The five foolish virgins stand before the entrance gate of the bridegroom's house, but they are not let in. Above the entrance gate, the Mystic Lamb is depicted. In the background, the five foolish virgins fill their oil lamps at a market vendor's house. The print has a Latin caption.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Theodorus Schrevelius , Jan Saenredam VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 266 x 369 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MX
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass, virginity Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass, gate, entrance Iconclass, Christ as teacher (part II): parables and proverbial sayings of Christ Iconclass, parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ precaution and diligence Iconclass, the wise and the foolish virgins ~ parable of Christ (Matthew 25:1-13) Iconclass, Stupidity, Poverty of Intellect; 'Stupidita overo Stolidita' (Ripa) Iconclass, wisdom, 'Sapientia' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul Iconclass, wisdom, 'Sapientia' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MX
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11709/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MX
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