The Wise Virgins Refuse Oil to the Foolish Virgins
ca. 1635
Medium
Etching with engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 15 15/16 in. (33.1 × 40.5 cm) Plate: 9 15/16 x 12 11/16 in. (25.3 x 32.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.49.14
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jean I Leblond · 1602–1676
Abraham Bosse (1604–1676) was a French printmaker and theorist whose approximately 1,600 etchings provide an unparalleled visual record of 17th-century French life. Born to Huguenot parents in Tours, he trained in Paris under Melchior Tavernier and became a devoted follower of Jacques Callot's technical innovations. Bosse's meticulous etchings depicted subjects ranging from daily life and fashion ...