Les vierges sages [from the parable of the ten virgins, Math. 25.4. "... but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps"] [graphic] / A. Bosse inu. et fe.
1640
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Details
Title
Les vierges sages [from the parable of the ten virgins, Math. 25.4. "... but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps"] [graphic] / A. Bosse inu. et fe.
Variant title
Duplessis set title: Vierges sages et les vierges folles
Created/published
[Paris] : Le Blond excud. auec priuilege du Roy, [ca. 1640]
Description
1 print : engraving ; image 218 x 323 mm
Associated name
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, printmaker.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, artist.
Le Blond, Jean, -1666, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Five women seated in a chamber decorated with religious paintings. Each woman holds a book in her hands or in her lap. On a table in the center of the room stands a large book, open to the viewer, with blank pages and a cross behind its spine. Five oil lamps are resting on a chair in front of the table, and an urn is sitting on the floor beside it.
Note
With four columns of French verse inscribed in plate beneath image.
Cited/described in
Duplessis, G. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Abraham Bosse, 43
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
Call number
ART Box B745 no.6 (size L)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark.
Folger accession
225690