Last week we proposed this image. Is an oil on canvas by José Camarón (87 x 67 cm) sold for 25,000 € in the last auction of November 30, Fernando Durán. Iconographically, is the parable of the foolish virgins and virgins prudent, although not as usual.
According to the biblical text, narrated in the Gospel of Matthew (25: 1-13), Jesus explains that the kingdom of heaven is likened unto ten virgins who come to meet the bridegroom who comes to the wedding feast . Five of them, the wise, besides take their lamps, carry oil with them, plus the foolish do not take the latter. The bridegroom is delayed and all fall asleep so that when he appears, and women open their eyes, the foolish virgins ask them oil to the wise who, however, deny this and tell them to go shopping for keep to themselves are missing. So while they would for more oil, the bridegroom came, and came to the wedding with those five virgins who had been cautious, closing the door behind him. When you return the other five, called and asked that they open the door, but were told: "Verily I say unto you not know you. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour (when the Son of Man coming). "
With this parable refers to the second coming of Jesus Christ, for which one must be prepared. According to Jewish tradition in Jesus, the virgin bride's friends formed a procession to this, 
and led from the house of his father to the husband and waiting for the future husband near where the party was held, to light your way with lamps on their arrival, as the ceremony was held at night, and that is what is narrated in the parable.
cathedral in Bern (Switzerland), this cover is decorated with the same parable. The sculptures are Erhart Küng Steinmetz (left). It is a matter of relatively frequent occurrence in the Gothic cathedrals of France and Germany, putting the fools on one side of the central portal of the facade, which usually has to Christ the Judge in the eardrum-stop, on the other hand, have to the wise, and that has to do with the Last Judgement, recognizing in the wise virgins to the elect and the reprobate the foolish and refers to the constant surveillance should be so we are not surprised by the death and the Day of Judgement.
Less common after medieval times
be seen in this painting by Wilhelm von Schadow, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, in which the boyfriend appears perfectly identified as Christ.
In this "challenge" we did not have the ten virgins, which is unusual. It is a version somewhat unusual and infrequent, as we find a painting that is one of the foolish asking oil, or the wise are preparing to enter the building following another character, like an angel, or the foolish are facing the closed door, knocking to no avail.
As for the number five, is a symbolic number that corresponds to the wounds of Christ, the senses or the books of Moses. And also, with the stars surrounding the head of St. John of Nepomuk and to identify and differentiate from the rest of the saints.
It was indeed an easy challenge.
Source: Reau, Louis, Iconography of Christian art. Iconography of the Bible. New Testament Barcelona, \u200b\u200bRowan, 1996, pp. 368-374
Images: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parábola_de_las_diez_v% C3% ADrgenes , http://www.fernandoduran.com/subastas_de_arte_elegido_detalles_358.php?id=104&categoria=Pintura & ; subcategory =% D3leo + on + canvas + & id_subasta = 358
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