The Wise and Foolish Virgins

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), c. 1927

oil on canvas, 97 cm x 140 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift of Elin and Bengt Ekström)

Object number
s0405M1990
Dimensions
97 cm x 140 cm, 115 cm x 159.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection; Bengt and Elin Ekström, Uppsala, after 1982; donated by Bengt and Elin Ekström to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1 December 1989, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift of Elin and Bengt Ekström)

Van Gogh Bulletin

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Emile Bernard : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1982, p. 190-191

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 68

Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, 1995, p. 176

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Israël, Armand, Emile Bernard : instigateur de l'école de Pont-Aven, précurseur de l'art moderne : sa vie, son oeuvre : catalogue raisonné, 2014, p. 332