The Five Wise Virgins, from the suite "Speculum Virginitatis"
date: label: Date
content: 1575-1600
name: label: Print Maker
content: Hieronymus Wierix, Flemish, 1553 - 1619
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Christ appears to the Virgins, showeing his wounds. Mary is to his left, both she and Christ in clouds and bathed in light. To the right are the Virgins looking at them. Below, "Quinque prudentes Virgines accipientes oleum in vasis suis eum lampadibus exierunt obuiam Sponso et Sponsae. Matth. 21." The artist's name and "cum gratia et privilegio. Buschere."
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-3-97
objectType: label: Type
content: religion
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.8 × 5.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/16 in.)