Biblical · Matthew 25:1–13
The Wise and Foolish Virgins
Christ’s parable of readiness, framed in Victorian Gothic arches and inscriptions.
View full size A visual interpretation of Christ’s parable about ten virgins awaiting the bridegroom.
The contrast between readiness and unpreparedness is conveyed through the figures, lamps, doorway and lighting.
Its Victorian Gothic architectural framing and biblical inscriptions are kept from the original composition.
- Biblical source
- Matthew 25:1–13
- Original engraving
- The Wise and Foolish Virgins
- Original artist
- Schadow
- Engraver
- William Holl
- From
- The Comprehensive Family Bible, Blackie & Son
- Canvas format
- Landscape · 3:2
THEN AND NOW
Two centuries
of image-making.
The original engraving, photographed from the family Bible, beside the contemporary colour interpretation it inspired.
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BRING IT HOME
A canvas
for your wall.
Each artwork is printed to order in Australia as a large-format canvas, at its own proportions. Nothing is cropped to fit a standard frame.
- Format
- Landscape · 3:2
- Artwork
- BIB-ART-008
SIZE
FINISH
An 8 mm frame with a 12 mm gap around the canvas.
FLOATING FRAME
- This canvas
- $595.00
- You pay
- $595.00
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Contemporary AI-assisted artwork inspired by an original nineteenth-century engraving from The Comprehensive Family Bible, published by Blackie & Son.