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[The foolish virgins at the ball] [graphic] / Martin de Voss, jnuentor; Crispin d. Passe f. et exc.

Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, printmaker.; Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603, artist.; Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, publisher.
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Title
[The foolish virgins at the ball] [graphic] / Martin de Voss, jnuentor; Crispin d. Passe f. et exc.
Created/published
[Cologne] : [Crispijn van de Passe], [ca. 1600]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 228 x 174 mm
Associated name
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, printmaker.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603, artist.
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, publisher.
Material base
paper
Note
Title and dimensions from Hollstein.

The foolish virgins dancing and playing music; in the foreground, one of the virgins dances with a finely attired man; in the background, one of the virgins sits at a virginal, one plays a lute and another shakes a tambourine. Numbered lower center in design "4." With engraved text below: "Lux nulla vbi est, densas tenebras esse ibi Certum est. Libidinem carnis seques suae. Sine dubio praecepta negligit Dei: Ideoque Luce et Oleo priuatur sacre."

From a set of 7 plates depicting the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, published in Cologne.
Cited/described in
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Crispijn de Passe de Oude 126
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Cologne.

Call number
ART 265- 963 (size XS)
Folger-specific note
Large mend at lower left, small mend at upper right: missing portions supplied from an unrelated print or prints, skirt outlined with pencil; outer border added in ink ; trimmed to plate mark

Adopted by Essence Newhoff in honor of the Folger Development Team 2011-2012, Acquisitions Night 2012.
Folger accession
265963

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