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Five Foolish Virgins dancing and courting in a landscape
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Five Foolish Virgins dancing and courting in a landscape

Jan Saenredam · 1606 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

A woodland landscape with in the foreground the five foolish virgins. They are accompanied by young men and dance, drink, and flirt. In the foreground, a couple dances over the Bible. In the background on the left, a building with some couples. The print has a Latin inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printone pair dancingforest, wood
Credit lineVijf dwaze maagden dansen en minnen in een landschap. 1606. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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