An ornamental mirror depicting the five wise and the five foolish virgins. The five wise virgins hold up their oil lamps towards heaven where Christ appeared, while the foolish virgins are asleep. In the ornamental frame above the mirror two angels hold up the Vera Icon. At the bottom an angel with a wreath of thorns and a rosary. The title print of a seventeen-part series with female saints, Mirror with the five wise and the five foolish virgins Mirror of Honour (series title) Speculum Pudicitiae (series title) Specvlvm Pvdicitiae (series title on object)., print maker: Johann Sadeler (I), Maerten de Vos, publisher: Johann Sadeler (I), (mentioned on object), Germany, 1583 - 1587, paper, engraving, h 190 mm × w 130 mm
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