The Foolish and Wise Virgins

1836

Joseph von Keller, Artist Wilhelm Schadow, Artist C. Schulgen-Bettendorff, Printer

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About the Artwork

Title The Foolish and Wise Virgins

Artwork Date 1836

Makers Joseph von Keller (Artist) German, 1811-1873 Wilhelm Schadow (Artist) German, 1788-1862 C. Schulgen-Bettendorff (Printer) German

Medium Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper

Dimensions plate: 11 x 16 1/2 in. 27.9 x 41.9 cm sheet: 17 3/4 x 24 3/8 in. 45.1 x 61.9 cm

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F72.283.228

Markings

Signed In plate, lower right: J. Keller del. et sc. 1836.

Inscriptions In plate, upper center: Schadow.; lower center: Die klugen und die thorichten Jungfrauen. / Les Vierges folles et les Vierges sages. / Imprime chez C. Schulgen- Bettendorff a Bonn.

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Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein

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Joseph von Keller; after Wilhelm Schadow, The Foolish and Wise Virgins, 1836, Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.228.

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