masks ... again ... part vi ...

 

a little sheila evans scrapbook, to pass the time

 

goltzius' half-length virtues ... all engraved by matham, 1597-ish ...

 

  

Virtues and Vices ... allegorical figures from Holland in the late 16th Century ... every one personified as a woman, in a niche ! ... all figures visualized by goltzius, all engraved by matham, except for fortitude and temperance, engraved by saenredam

 

saenredam the artist and printer in 1606 ... the parable of the wise and foolish virgins ... nice big images from the rijksmuseum

The parable is in Matthew XXV, 1 to 13

personally ... i'm not keen on this parable because it shows the bridegroom ( jesus ? ) as being something of a mean-spirited killjoy ... he says to the foolish ones ... "I KNOW YOU NOT" ... well, i wouldn't turn five foolish virgins away from my party ... but what do i know ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins#:~:text=Then%20the%20Kingdom%20of%20Heaven,their%20vessels%20with%20their%20lamps.