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The Second Foolish Virgin (from the series the Five Wise and the Five Foolish Virgins)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 12.2 x 8.7 cm (4 13/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.9 x 9.4 cm (5 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.9 x 9.4 cm (5 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2172
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 425; Hollstein-Koreny 425; Geisberg 376; Bartsch 164
State
II or III [?]
Signed
Signed in plate, left of lower center: . I . M .
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in black ink: Robert Balmanno London 1829 [Lugt 213]
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno (b. 1780 - d. 1866; Lugt 213), London; Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)