Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

The parable of the wise and foolish virgins. To left, the wise virgins seen busy refilling their lamps with oil; to right, the foolish virgins embracing an easy life, one, with breasts uncovered, seen drinking, another playing the lute, and one asleep, reclining on a fellow's lap; in the foreground: two hourglasses, playing cards, and dice; behind, a tower with Christ welcoming the wise virgins to left and to right, the foolish virgins finding the doors of the tower closed.
Engraving with contemporary colouring

Gerard de Jode

1585

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1968-1018-1-270

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