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The Fifth Foolish Virgin (from the Wise and Foolish Virgins series, 1 of 10 plates)

Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 11.6 x 7.9 cm (4 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.2879
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 086; Lehrs 85 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 85 (I/I)
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks Verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 63.2879; in graphite: 86
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 1963)