Les vierges folles somnolent en attendant l'arrivée de l'époux, G.94, Abraham Bosse, between 1635 and 1645

Author(s): bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), engraver bosse, abraham (tours, between 1602 and 1604 - paris, between 14–02–1676 and 16–2–1676), designer le blond, jean 1er (in 1666), editor date of production: between 1635 and 1645 dating in century: 2nd quarter of the 17th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: etching dimensions - artwork: height: 21. 9cm width: 31. 8cm description: plate 5 of a series of seven plates concerning the wise virgins and the foolish virgins. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink: "le blond exc. Avec privil. " legend - on the front, at the bottom, printed in ink, verses: "these virgins, instead of watching, / while waiting for the celestial hope, / waste time dozing, / their laziness is so manifest. // constrained to their own good, / by weakness, or by nonchalance; / they consider nothing, / and have neither care nor foresight. // while luxury and play / charm these poor foolish; / their lamps without oil and without fire, / are pale-mesle overturned. // thus their debauched spirit, without having neither guide, nor lighthouse, / in the darkness of sin, / by its own fault goes astray. Stamp - on the front, bottom center, in red ink: "ville / de / paris" (cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c). Stamp - on the front, bottom right, in black ink: "carnavalet" watermark inventory number - on the back, bottom left, in black ink: "g: 94" iconographic description: mad virgins seated in an interior, dozing in front of the hearth. They hold screens. The chest of drawers carpet is decorated with a festoon, and the furniture supports chinese vases and a basket of flowers. On the table in the foreground on the right, a small open book leans on a terrestrial globe. On the back wall hang paintings with secular subjects: venus and love, a gallant scene, adonis going hunting; the mantelpiece still shows venus and cupid. In the foreground on the left, the oil lamps lie on the ground, extinguished. Cat. Tapestries. 17th century furniture. 17th century fashion. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 06–1886 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: g. 94 part of: wise virgins and foolish virgins. Date: between 1635 and 1645.