{"id":"cma-143085","titulo":{"en":"The Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Fifth Foolish Virgin","es":"Las vírgenes prudentes y necias: la quinta virgen necia"},"titulo_original":"The Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Fifth Foolish Virgin","autor":"Nikolaus Manuel Deutsch (Swiss, c. 1484–1530)","fecha":"1518","cultura":"Switzerland","tecnica":"woodcut","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.8","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.8/1966.8_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"The Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Fifth Foolish Virgin","se_ve":"A vertical woodcut in black ink on aged, bone-colored paper, enclosed by a thin border line. At the center, taking up nearly the full height, stands a young woman, her body in three-quarter view and her face in profile looking left. She wears a very tall headdress of braided hair coiled into two arches, curly strands on her forehead, and a braided lock falling behind her ear. Her dress has a fitted bodice with a square neckline and patterned bands, a beaded necklace with a pendant, puffed slashed sleeves that reveal light cloth beneath, a narrow waist, and an extremely long, heavy skirt. With her right hand she lifts the fabric — drawn with wavy folds, dense shading, and an almost frayed-looking surface — and with her raised left hand she holds a small lamp turned downward. She wears low shoes with a diamond pattern. At her feet, among grass rendered in short strokes, are scissors with a cord and a fallen object at left. Behind her, set low, the landscape is divided: at left a tower beside water; at right houses on a hill, rounded scroll-like clouds, tall reeds, and, at upper right, the inscription “1518.” The light is not realistic; it comes from the contrast between the white of the paper and black hatching that models cloth, skin, and ground.","contexto":"This woodcut, dated 1518, is by Swiss artist Nikolaus Manuel Deutsch (c. 1484–1530), according to data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, which credits the Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund. Its title identifies it as The Fifth Foolish Virgin, within the theme of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. The subject comes from the Parable of the Ten Virgins in the Gospel of Matthew: some were prepared with oil for their lamps and others were not. Here, foolishness is not shown through disorder, but through an elegant woman whose lamp is unusable. Whether this sheet belonged to a complete preserved series is not stated in the source data.","como_mirarla":"Start with the woman's profile and move down the curve of her dress to her patterned shoes. Then return to her raised hand: the overturned lamp changes the fashion portrait into a moral warning. Finally, look at the small objects scattered at her feet and at the tiny landscape that frames her.","dato_curioso":"Surprising visual observation: for all the luxury of her headdress, sleeves, and necklace, the most carefully patterned detail is at ground level — her low shoes are covered in a diamond lattice, almost like netting.","preguntas":["Why represent folly through beauty, fashion, and composure rather than through obvious chaos?","What does the overturned lamp tell us that the woman's face does not?","How does your reading change when you notice the small, ordinary objects lying at her feet?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Las vírgenes prudentes y necias: la quinta virgen necia","se_ve":"Grabado vertical en tinta negra sobre papel color hueso envejecido, enmarcado por una línea fina. En el centro, ocupando casi toda la altura, una mujer joven de pie, de cuerpo en tres cuartos y rostro de perfil mirando hacia la izquierda. Lleva un tocado altísimo de trenzas enrolladas en dos arcos, mechones rizados en la frente y una coleta trenzada que cae tras la oreja. Viste un corpiño ajustado de escote cuadrado con cenefas, collar de cuentas con dije, mangas abullonadas y rasgadas que dejan asomar tela clara, cintura estrecha y una falda larguísima y pesada. Con la mano derecha levanta el tejido —de pliegues ondulados, sombreado denso y bordes de apariencia deshilachada— y con la izquierda, en alto, sostiene una lámpara pequeña vuelta hacia abajo. Calza zapatas bajas con un patrón de rombos. A sus pies, entre hierba trazada con líneas cortas, se distinguen unas tijeras con un cordón y un objeto caído a la izquierda. Al fondo, a baja altura, hay un paisaje dividido: a la izquierda una torre junto al agua; a la derecha casas sobre una colina, nubes redondeadas como volutas, cañas altas y, arriba a la derecha, la inscripción «1518». La luz no procede de una fuente realista: nace del contraste entre los blancos del papel y el rayado negro que modela tela, piel y terreno.","contexto":"Este grabado en madera, fechado en 1518, es obra del artista suizo Nikolaus Manuel Deutsch (h. 1484–1530), según los datos del Cleveland Museum of Art, que lo atribuyen al fondo Cornelia Blakemore Warner. El título lo identifica como La quinta virgen necia, dentro del tema de las vírgenes prudentes y necias. El asunto procede de la parábola de las diez vírgenes del Evangelio de Mateo: unas llevaban aceite para sus lámparas y otras no estaban preparadas. Aquí la necedad no se muestra con desorden, sino con una mujer elegante cuya lámpara no puede alumbrar. No consta en la fuente si la estampa formaba parte de una serie completa conservada.","como_mirarla":"Empieza por el perfil de la mujer y baja siguiendo la curva del vestido hasta llegar a los zapatos reticulados. Vuelve después a la mano levantada: la lámpara invertida convierte un retrato de moda en una advertencia moral. Al final, busca los objetos pequeños tirados a sus pies y el paisaje diminuto que la rodea.","dato_curioso":"Observación visual sorprendente: pese al lujo del tocado, las mangas y el collar, el detalle con el patrón más minucioso está a ras de suelo: las zapatas bajas llevan una retícula de rombos que parece una red.","preguntas":["¿Por qué representar la necedad mediante la belleza, la moda y la calma, y no mediante el caos evidente?","¿Qué cuenta la lámpara invertida que no cuenta el rostro sereno de la mujer?","¿Cómo cambia tu lectura cuando notas los objetos pequeños y cotidianos tirados a sus pies?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["foolish virgin","biblical parable","woodcut","swiss renaissance","1518","fashion","headdress","oil lamp","landscape","hatching","vanity","moral warning"],"es":["virgen necia","parábola bíblica","grabado en madera","renacimiento suizo","1518","moda","tocado","lámpara de aceite","paisaje","rayado","vanidad","advertencia moral"]},"objetos":["lámpara","tocado trenzado","vestido renacentista","tijeras","zapatos reticulados","torre","casas","cañas","nubes"],"colores":["#1a1512","#5a4f42","#8a7f6e","#c9bda6","#e8ddc8"],"animo":["elegante, irónico, inquietante"],"epoca":"Renacimiento centroeuropeo, inicios del siglo XVI","certeza":"alta","advertencias":[],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"I focus on how the dense black ink models everything on the aged bone-colored paper. Look at the dress: the heavy hatching builds the wavy folds and that frayed-looking edge she lifts with her right hand. The scissors at her feet, among grass made of short strokes, make me think of a workshop, of cutting and tailoring. The empty lamp held downward gives no light, and the contrast between ink and reserved white says everything about care and neglect.","es":"Me detengo en cómo el negro intenso modela todo sobre el papel color hueso envejecido. Observa el vestido: el rayado denso crea los pliegues ondulados y esa sensación de borde deshilachado que levanta con la mano derecha. Las tijeras a sus pies, entre hierba de líneas cortas, me hacen pensar en taller, en corte y confección. La lámpara vacía sostenida hacia abajo no da luz, el contraste entre tinta y reserva de blanco lo dice todo sobre el cuidado y el descuido."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"I am drawn to that small lamp turned downward. In the parable, the oil is the reserve for the night, and here the light does not come from a drawn sun but from the pale paper against dark hatching. While she looks to the left, a divided landscape appears behind her: a tower by the water and houses on a hill under scroll-like clouds. It is a scene of a failed nighttime vigil, like someone who forgets to prepare for darkness and is left without guidance.","es":"Me atrae esa lámpara pequeña vuelta hacia abajo. En la parábola, el aceite es la reserva para la noche, y aquí la luz no viene de un sol dibujado sino del papel claro contra el rayado oscuro. Mientras ella mira a la izquierda, al fondo se asoma un paisaje dividido: una torre junto al agua y casas sobre una colina bajo nubes en volutas. Es una escena de espera nocturna fallida, como quien olvida prepararse para la oscuridad y se queda sin guía."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"Her hairstyle is huge! She has two arches of coiled braids on top, like little horns, and a braid falling behind her ear. Her dress is super long and heavy, with puffy slashed sleeves, and she wears little shoes with a diamond pattern. She holds a tiny lamp downward, as if it were empty. Down on the grass there are scissors with a string. Behind her you can see little houses on a hill and a tower by the water. At the top it says 1518.","es":"¡Su peinado es grandísimo! Tiene dos arcos de trenzas enrolladas arriba, como cuernitos, y una coleta que cae detrás de la oreja. Su vestido es larguísimo y pesado, con mangas abullonadas y rasgadas, y lleva zapatitos con rombos. Sostiene una lamparita hacia abajo, como si estuviera vacía. Abajo, en el pasto, hay unas tijeras con un cordón. Atrás se ven casitas en un cerro y una torre junto al agua. Arriba dice 1518."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"She holds something small high in her left hand, turned downward with no light: what is it?","es":"Sostiene algo pequeño en alto con la mano izquierda, vuelto hacia abajo y sin luz: ¿qué es?"},"pista":{"en":"It uses oil and in the story it runs out of fuel to give light.","es":"Es de aceite y en la historia se queda sin combustible para alumbrar."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"In the upper right corner of the print you can read a date with four digits: what is it?","es":"En la esquina superior derecha del grabado se lee una fecha con cuatro cifras: ¿cuál es?"},"pista":{"en":"It is written in numbers at the top, above the reeds and clouds.","es":"Está escrita en números arriba, sobre las cañas y las nubes."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"At the woman's feet, among the grass made of short lines, there is a sewing object with a cord: what is it?","es":"A los pies de la mujer, entre la hierba de líneas cortas, hay un objeto de costura con un cordón: ¿qué es?"},"pista":{"en":"It is used to cut fabric and lies next to another fallen object.","es":"Sirve para cortar tela y está tirada junto a otro objeto caído."}}],"conexiones":["parábola de las diez vírgenes","vanidad y advertencia moral","moda renacentista y tocado trenzado","grabado en madera y técnica de rayado","luz y oscuridad sin fuente realista","paisaje con torre y casas en colina","objetos cotidianos como lámpara y tijeras","papel color hueso y tinta negra"]},"salas":["moda-de-otros-siglos"],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}