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The Foolish Virgins Ask the Wise Virgins for Oil
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The Foolish Virgins Ask the Wise Virgins for Oil

Harmen Jansz Muller · 1565 - 1572 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The five wise virgins light their lamps with some extra oil. The foolish virgins ask the wise virgins for oil, but there is not enough. In the background two foolish virgins depart to buy oil. At the bottom of the margin an explanatory text in Latin.

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Credit lineDwaze maagden vragen de wijze maagden om olie. 1565 - 1572. Harmen Jansz Muller. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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