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The Five Wise Virgins Perform the Works of Mercy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The five wise virgins perform works of mercy (visiting a prisoner, feeding the hungry and giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked and sheltering strangers). In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin referring to the virtue of the five wise virgins. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe vijf wijze maagden voeren de werken van barmhartigheid uit. 1589 - 1611. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
