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.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Theodorus Schrevelius
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| Title | The Five Foolish Virgins Are Not Received by the Bridegroom, from the series The Wise and Foolish Virgins |
| Date | 1606 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Assendelft TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MX |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MX |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11709/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11S721 wisdom, 'Sapientia' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31A7211 virginity Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A542 gate, entrance Iconclass 52AA1 Stupidity, Poverty of Intellect; 'Stupidita overo Stolidita' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73C8 Christ as teacher (part II): parables and proverbial sayings of Christ Iconclass 73C84 parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ precaution and diligence Iconclass 73C841 the wise and the foolish virgins ~ parable of Christ (Matthew 25:1-13) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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