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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: 12.4 x 8.5 cm (4 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Special Print Fund
Accession Number23.1304
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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
No watermark; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 30185; collector's stamp in purple ink, in circle: JR [James Reiss; Lugt 1522]; collector's signature, in black ink: [?] M [Baron Charles Marochettil Lugt 392]; in graphite: JR [James Reiss; Lugt 1523]; collector's stamp in black: LT [Lawson Thompson; Lugt 1770]; B.86; 929; c.5924; 86
ProvenanceBaron Charles Marochetti (b. 1805 - d. 1867; Lugt 392), Paris and London; James Reiss (b. 1812 - d. 1899; Lugt 1522 & 1523), Manchester and London; May 6-10, 1901, his sale, Christie's, London; Lawson Thompson (b. 1837 - d. 1919; Lugt 1770), Hitchin, England; April 26-8, 1920, Sotheby's, London; purchased by the MFA from the Special Print Fund. (Accession Date: January 1, 1923)