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The Third Wise Virgin (from the Wise and Foolish Virgins series, 1 of 10 plates)
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.3 x 8.6 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2085
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 079; Lehrs 78 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 78 (I/I)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 2085. [Lugt 1870]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)