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The Wise and Foolish Virgins, plate five, 1635. Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper.
Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 21.8 × 32 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Wise and Foolish Virgins, plate five
- Artist
- Abraham Bosse French, 1602-1676
- Date
- 1635
- Medium
- Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.8 × 32 cm (8 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 42.2 × 32 cm (16 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund and Stickney Collection
- 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.