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Plate One, from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, plate One, 1635. Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper.
Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 25.8 × 32.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Plate One, from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, plate One
- Artist
- Abraham Bosse French, 1602-1676
- Date
- 1635
- Medium
- Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.8 × 32.2 cm (10 3/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 33 × 43.2 cm (13 × 17 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Collection, Stickney Collection, and Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1602–1676
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.